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Churchill Simplis Shorthand 



A SYSTEM OF LIGHTLINE WRITING DESIGNED TO MEET THE 

REQUIREMENTS OF OFFICE STENOGRAPHERS 

AND REPORTERS 



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CHURCHILL PUBLISHING COMPANY 

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 






Copyright 1914 

by the 

Churchill Publishing Company 



MAY If 1914 



©CIA371955 



INDEX 

Page 

PREFACE 5 

ADVICE TO THE STUDENT 6 

COMPLETE ALPHABET AND BLENDS 7 

LESSON I 

T, D, R, L, TH, M, K, G, O, A, E 8 

Rules for circle vowels 9 

Word-signs 10 

Phrasing and punctuation 11 

LESSON II 

SH, CH, J, P, B, F r V, U 13 

LESSON III 

Rules governing the use of S 18 

Rules governing the use of N 20 

LESSON IV 

Double and triple consonants 24 

LESSON V 

Diphthongs and rules for W and Y . 28 

LESSON VI 

Prefixes 35 

LESSON VII 

Suffixes and word endings 42 

LESSON VIII 

Omission of R and ' T 49 

Long words contracted 51 

LESSON IX 

Contractions and compound words 56 

LESSON X 

Diacritical marking of vowels 63 

Omission of vowels 64 

Points of the " compass 64 

Days of the week 64 

Months of the year 65 

States of the Union 66 

Cities 67 

Supplementary matter 68 

Dictionary 91 



(3) 



PREFACE 

Lightline shorthand has always appealed to me as the ideal 
method of rapid writing. Simplis Shorthand is a lightline sys- 
tem, requiring no shading nor position. It has about it that 
easy swing and freedom in outline formation found in no other 
system. Obtuse angles have been smoothed out into graceful 
curves. One line blends into another in such a way as to 
compel hand motion and speed. 

I had a great deal of confidence in the system from the very 
start, but if any one had told me that it would be the means, 
in the remarkably short period of two } r ears, of producing some 
of the best writers in the world, I should have thought it im- 
possible. Even in less than two years from the time one of 
my students first saw the alphabet of Simplis Shorthand she 
has learned the system and has taken part in a speed contest 
conducted by the National Shorthand Reporters' Association. 
Out of forty of the best writers in the world who entered the 
contest, there were just five who qualified, and one of the five 
was a writer of Simplis Shorthand. This fact alone should prove 
conclusively that the system will stand up under the severest 
testa. It also proves that results can be accomplished in a 
fraction of the time required for the mastery of any other system. 

I have received many kind expressions from our leading short- 
hand writers and teachers. One teacher says: "I have had four- 
teen years' experience teaching shorthand and I am satisfied that 
you have the best system I have ever examined. It has a max- 
imum of strong points." Another teacher says: "It is all that 
its name implies and more, being the briefest, most legible, and 
most accurate of all systems of shorthand. ' ' 

A leading reporter says: "I have made the change from the 
system I formerly used with ease. You have many advantages 
over the other systems. " From a business college proprietor: 
"Your system should be taught in all schools." 

I wish to express my gratitude to the many writers of short- 
hand who have written from every country where the English 
language is spoken, giving me words of encouragement and 
timely suggestions, and especially do I wish to mention the 
names of Miss Augusta Russell and Miss Helen Roach for the 
aid they have given me in perfecting the system, and for the 
valuable help they have given me in the preparation of this 
text-book. 

GEO. T. CHURCHILL, Author. 

(5) 



6 CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 

PART I. 

ADVICE TO THE STUDENT 

Learn each lesson thoroughly. Write each outline many times, 
pronouncing it as it is written, and at the same time concentrate 
the mind on its exact formation. After a perfect mental picture of 
the word is formed, follow that conception minutely. A strong 
impression on the brain will last forever and is always dependable, 
while a weak impression cannot be relied upon and is soon forgotten. 
The form of the word must originate in the brain before the message 
can be flashed to the hand. If the brain is trained to receive the 
message accurately the learner will never experience trouble in 
becoming a good writer of shorthand. He may not at first do his 
work rapidly, but if he is accurate the time will come when the 
brain will respond with lightning rapidity and the results will be 
much more satisfactory than if the above suggestions- are not 
closely followed. 

A great aid to a rapid and easy style of note taking is the 
correct position of the hand and arm. Hold the pencil or pen as 
in longhand. A mistake made by some pupils is to grasp the pen 
or pencil too firmly. Keep the hand resting lightly on the paper 
so that the third and fourth fingers will glide easily over its surface. 

Reading the shorthand that has been written is essential for 
the acquirement of speed. The student should read everything he 
writes from the very start. 

The shorthand forms given in the lessons, together with those 
found in the dictionary, will enable the student to complete his 
practice from any dictation book which may happen to be in use. 
There will be special words peculiar to each line of work that will 
not be found in either the lessons or the dictionary. It would 
require an extremely large list of words to cover the hundreds of 
different lines of work with which the student might meet. Such 
a list is not necessary. One writer might wish to contract certain 
words, while another, equally expert, might desire to write them in 
full. After the system has been mastered, one should rely almost 
entirely upon his own judgment informing unfamiliar words. This 
habit of relying upon the judgment makes an excellent mental 
discipline, which will not only help out in shorthand, but will be a 
great aid in solving the various problems which the student may 
encounter after he enters the business world. 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 7 

ALPHABET 

CONSONANTS TRACED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT 
D R LTH M N K G 

CONSONANTS TRACED DOWNWARD 
SH CH I P B F V S 

, / / ( f > J . 

VOWELS MARKED DIACRITICALLY 
e e 



1 a a o o a 


a u 


u 


o p p Q Q Q 


0, s> 


/? 


DIPHTHONGS 






I 01 OW 


EW 




." O 6* 


<r> 




COALESCENTS 






wa-o wu y 


ye. 


ya-o 


D ^ 


t? 


a 



BLENDED CONSONANTS 
S^~ NER X^NEL /O TEM-DEM _^ TER-DER 

_^^ TEL-DEL TED-DED ^^ REL-LER 

\ THER , — ^ MER ^ MEL ^ - KER 

^ -KEL v NT-ND V NTR-NDR V^NTL-NDL 

The above is a complete alphabet which will enable 
the one who thoroughly learns it in accordance with the 
principles laid down in this book to do any work which 
the stenographer may be called upon to perform. 



8 CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 

LESSON I. 

1. Consonants. — The consonants given in this les- 
son are traced from left to right. It will be noted that 
similar sounds are represented by similar signs, as for 
example, T and D. T is made very short while D is 
longer. Practice this section of the alphabet over many 
times, pronouncing each character as it is written. 

TDR LTHMKGOAE 
— ^ ^^ \ ^-> v_^ o O o o 

2. Vowels. — E, (and short I as in it), is repre- 
sented by a small circle. The double use of E and short 
I does not cause trouble in reading, as context will give 
the right sound. A is represented by a medium-sized 
circle, and O with a large circle. 

It should be noted that shorthand is written by 
sound, and that all silent letters are omitted. G has two 
sounds: hard G, as in egg; and soft G which has the 
sound of J, as in edge. C has no sound of its own, 
but takes the sound of S, as in city; and K, as in coat. 
Q has the sound of KU, and X has the sound of KS, as 
in axe. 

3. Penmanship.— Write the following exercise at 
least ten times. Use care in turning the circles as they 
appear in the copy. Make the small circles very small, 
and the short strokes very short. Pronounce each stroke 
and vowel as it is written. 

-^te — ode ^o re /^le ^ the ^-& me ^_o ke O ge 

^et ed cr er ^^el ©-. eth <^ em q_-- ek O eg 

.^ta D da yo ra ^^la ^ tha^o ma ^_p ka 6? ga 

_at ad <?" ar £f"""al c\ ath<^^ am Q^ ak <2s ag 

Q-ot q — od tf or <^f"ol O oth cT^, om Q^ ok Q/ og 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 



4. When a circle vowel is written at the beginning 
or end of a straight stroke, turn it in the direction of 
the hands of a watch . 



tea 


t-e 


o 


day 


d-a 


eat 


e-t 


<zr— 


aid 


a-d 


ought 


o-t 


"*> 


they 


th-a 



5. The circle vowels at the beginning or the end 
of curved strokes are written inside the curve. 



-~t> 


me 


m-e 




^-p 


key 


k-e 


(0 


gay 


g-a 




€y 


egg 


e-g 


CTs ■ 


aim 


a-m 




Q^ 


oak 


o-k 




meek 


m-e- 


k 


Qs 


eke 


e-k 



6. When a circle comes between two strokes 
forming an angle, turn the circle outside the angle. 



*^ lead 

j> read 

/^ wrath 

-^ teeth 

— *-> team 

^-tr meal 

-Q-- take 



1-e-d / 

r-e-d j»— 

r-a-th ^K 

t-e-th 

t-e-m , 

m-e-1 x-3-- 

t-a-k 



lit 

ready 
wreath 
death 
deem 
mere 
. Dink 



1-i-t 

r-e-d-i 

r-e-th 

d-e-th 

d-e-m 

m-e-r 

d-i-k 



7. The sound of O, AH and AW are omitted 
in the middle of outlines. Omitting O as mentioned 



10 CHURCHILL SIMPLlS SHORTHAND 

above makes a definite distinction between such words 
as P~ rate, and /~~" wrote. 



thought 


th-o-t S 


lot 


1-o-t 


load 


1-o-d ^ 


"^ roam 


r-o-m 


coat 


k-o-t v^ 


- — code 


k-o-d 


lock 


1-o-k ^ 


coal 


k-o-1 



8. H is represented by a dot and is placed just 
above the vowel. 



° 


he 


h-e 


cr\ 


ham 


h-a-m 


^ 


here 


h-e-r 


^ 


hair 


h-a-r 


- 


heat 


h-e-t 


c? 


had 


h-a-d 


CT\ 


home 


h-o-m 


'cT^ 


him 


h-i-m 



READING EXERCISE 

9. Word -Signs.— Word-signs are made from 
single characters. There are thirty-one word-signs in 
this system of shorthand, and they are used to represent 
the most frequently recurring words. Care should be 
exercised in making the word -signs perfectly, and 
they should be thoroughly committed to memory. 
Two, and sometimes as many as three words, not of 
the same parts of speech, may be represented by the 
same sign, and the right word is easily determined by 
context. 



— it-the 

would-dollar 

^- are-our-or 



^-^ am-may 
^^ can-kind 
C/ go-ago-good 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 



11 



well-will 



that-thousand-thank 



at-able 



10. Phrasing. — Judicious phrasing is an aid to 
both speed and legibility. A phrase may be made 
where two or more words join easily if their grammat- 
ical construction will permit of phrasing. Short phrases 
cf two or three words are more desirable than the longer 
ones. The outlines in this book will furnish good 
examples for the student to follow. 

& — - they would 

^^ will he 

v_j> can he 



53" they are ^"^ they will 
•^ they may "<L^ they can 
2_^ he can 



he will 
he would 
may he 
that the 



would he 0-^ he may 
may the ^_^- can the 
are the ^y can go 



11. Punctuation. — A period is represented by 
the use of the following sign; as, ■? . Make this sign 
longer for a paragraph sign ; as, 1 . Other punctuation 
marks are made as in longhand. The dash should be 
canceled by striking the TH sign through it; as, — v- , 
otherwise it might be mistaken for D. Ditto marks 
may be placed under words to indicate a proper name, 
or that the word should begin with a capital letter; 
as, v_£_ Kate. 

SENTENCES FOR PRACTICE 
They wrote the deed. 
The lady got a red hat. 

Tom may eat an egg or the meat. — ^ *-> o- . es , 





12 CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 

The kind lad may read it. - v_ 

They wrote me that he would go. ^~ ^> 

He will read the ad. ^r^^ j> — - _ ^ 

READING EXERCISE 

— <_- o_^ ^y--* or . ^^ _^ ^, a ^ 



TEST EXERCISE 

tea, day, eat, aid, ought, they, egg, aim, oak, meek, eke, 
lead, read, ready, lit, wrath, wreath, teeth, death, team, 
deem, meal, mere, thought, lot, load, coal, lock, roam, 
coat, code, he, here, heat, home, hair, had, him, lad, her, 
leak, deed, lay, ear, lath, add, lack, mere, got, lady, omit, 
head, limb, owed, mill, wrought, oath, caught, ache, talk, 
it-the, would-dollar, are-our-or, well-will, that-thousand- 
thank, am-may, can-kind, go-ago-good, at-able, a-an, 
they may, they will, they are, they can, they would, 
they wrote, he will, he can, he would, will he, can he, 
may he, would he, may the, that the, are the. 

They wrote me that he would eat an egg. 

Would he deem it a good deed? 

He may load the lath or the wood. 

Dick can get him a good hat. 

They may take me home. 

The lad may take the good lock. 

Will the lady get a thousand-dollar coat? 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 13 

What can you say of O when used in the middle of 
outlines? 

In what direction is the circle turned when joined at 
the beginning or end of straight strokes? 

How is the circle turned between strokes forming an 
angle? 

What can you say regarding the use of silent or 
obscure letters? 

How is C represented in shorthand? 

How many sounds has G? Give examples. 

How is the circle written when joined to curved strokes 
at the beginning or end of the stroke? 

How is H represented ? Where is it placed ? 

Which does H always precede, a vowel or a consonant ? 



LESSON II. 

/ SH /CH/J Y P ( B Vf/V^U 

12. All of the above consonants are written down- 
ward . 

13. If U does not form as a hook, an angle should 
be used. It sometimes happens that the slant or 
direction of U is slightly varied for the purpose of 
securing easily made joinings. Observe closely the 
following illustrations : 

^_ut^ ud^^ ur^^ul^-,um /'pu A bu J, fu / vu / shu 

/chu / ju — , tu — 3 du^ ru ^"lu v> thu^mu £^gu^,ku 

/up / ub/uf^/uv ?ush /uch/uj °\ uth^uk £/ug 

14. Turn the vowel inside when a straight stroke 
follows P or B, and when K follows a downward straight 
stroke. • , 

C_ beet ^ path G_ bait &^ Jack 



14 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 



1 5. O, in words like dove, love, etc., has the sound 
of short U, as in up. 

16. There are times in the middle of outlines 
when the circle vowels take the form of loops; as in 

-^/ latch, and c^ grave. 



GENERAL EXERCISE 



) if 


i-f 


9 off 


o-f 


J_ fit 

/ edge 


f-i-t 

e-j 


/ each 
/ hitch 


e-ch 
h-i-ch 


d show 
J. cheat 
J jet 


sh-o 

ch-e-t 

j-e-t 


— -f ditch 
«<f latch 
&>^ vim 


d-i-ch 
1-a-cb 
v-i-m 


hs pick 
C^ black 


p-i-k 


/ f lamp 


1-a-m-p 


b-l-a-k 


J- — feed 


f-e-d 


&~ get 


g-e-t 


J^° fellow 


f-e-l-o 


J achieve 
ty live 


a-ch-e- - 
1-i-v 


v J- sheet 
^</left 


sh-e-t 
1-e-f-t 


— -P Dave 
oJ> grave 
o^ grade 


d-a-v 

g-r-a-v 


y thief 
6^ glib 

Y^ s rab 

I = do 


th-e-f 
g-l-i-b 


g-r-a-d 


g-r-a-b 


— to 


t-u 


d-u 


/ up 


u-p 


-<>^-n whom 


h-u-m 


^ coop 


k-u-p 


i^ioo\ 


f-u-1 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 15 



z 



food 


f-u-d 


sr^ 


room 


r-u-m 


rule 


r-u-1 


-^ 


tool 


t-u-1 


tour 


t-u-r 


-V 


Ruth 


r-u-th 


love 


1-u-v 




dove 


d-u-v 


tough 


t-u-f 


covet 


k-u-v-e-t 


bought 


b-o-t 


pour 


p-o-r 


rove 


r-o-v 


j^ 


fall 


f-aw-1 



READING EXERCISE 



7 L P-u >- 



7 






WORD-SIGNS 



/ 
/ 



shall-ship-short 

which-change 

judge 

hope-put-prompt 

be-but-been 

PHRASING. 



for 

have 

of 

all 

your 



17. TO may be phrased without the vowel if a 
better joining or greater speed may be obtained by so 
doing. See, "to be." 



are you-r 
do you-r 



will you-r 
would you-r 



to you-r 
may you-r 



16 CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 

h which you-r <ry he may be J you have 
J have you-r (J, for you-r — -^ would be 
, would have sy will be <r-\ he may have 

^7 V y 

y 2 for the-it / have the-it <-»_ to the-it 

do the-it -j to have y to put 



y to pay y to be -a to do 

SENTENCES FOR PRACTICE 

He will pay a dollar for a ^f j / ^_ 

load of it. 

Jack wrote me to have £_^ y — -—*> -? ^^^^ — ^ 
the room ready. 

You may pay for the <>— . 6 ^/ /" ^^"^ 

wood or the coal. 

Will you fit up a room for ^* J. f . ^-^ -J^ ^ 
him? 

The judge will pay for the / ^e> ./ — «r^ 7 
team. 

Have you change for a dollar? <* / y • ? 

READING EXERCISE 

^^ y *-> y . — - ? ^ -s -o^ - ^v ^^ 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 17 

TEST EXERCISE 

beet, path, Dave, Jack, fee, fit, show, latch, lamp, bath, 
do, coop, room, bought, Ruth, love, grave, if, each, ditch, 
jet, back, fellow, me, though, cool, rule, pour, live, dove, 
glib, aid, gay, ready, meek, off, lit, edge, ledge, vim, bait, 
him, achieve, up, food, tool, rove, left, tough, well, grade, 
half, her, hitch, cheat, are, pick, to, feed, whom, fool, at, 
tour, a, fall, an, rivet, covet, can, grab, you, head, omit, 
dollar, am, caught, ball, foot, break, plate, value, age, 
lead, fair, pay, heavy, tame, reach, allege, both, faith, 
kept, rough, approach, brick, feet, job, fish, shot, sheet, 
brief, flat, joke, pledge, teach, block, catch, free, meat, 
preach, peach, volume, boat, choke, oak, profit, vote, shall, 
get, short, ship, which, change, judge, hope, put, prompt, 
be, but, for, have, of, all, your, are you, will you, to you, 
do you, may you, for you, which you, he may be, you have, 
have you, for you, would be, would have, will be, he may 
have, to put, for the, have it. 

Jack may vote if he will keep the pledge he made. 

The lad may catch the fellow who broke the big plate. 

He will pay the judge for that joke. 

Will you ship the short wood to me? 

Whom would you thank for the change? 

They may have a dollar off if they will pay for the lock 
they broke. 

Is the vowel written inside or outside in the words 
Jack and bath? 

Is the vowel written inside or outside in the words 
Dave, live, and thief? 

Give the consonants that are used in edge, egg, ledge, 
hedge, gay, game, cat, and coat. 



18 CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 
LESSON III. 

18. Shas two forms known as firsts and second S. 

( FirstS ) Seconds 

19. First S is used as a small hook before T, D, R, 
L, and K if no vowel intervenes ; as, c_ st, c sd, 

<^ sr, c^sl, and c_^ sk. 

<y~ step c_ stop c^~^ slack 

c^f slip <y skip c_^-^school 

^-*_ most /^ lost (_ post 

20. First S, in its natural form, is used before and 
after P, B, and G; as, / sps, f sbs, £ sgs, f seps, 



sbes. It is also used after all strokes struck with 
forward motion, with the exception of M when followed 
bv a circle vowel; as in miss, when second S is used. 



-r ds 


, -f tes, 


^r 


ks,^ 


. ms, 


s* 


Is. 


/ 




f 


sap 




t 


saps 




% 


sober 


& 


sag 

, dogs 

aims 






sags 
race 
case 






)* 


dose 
loss 

these 



21. Second S is used after M when followed by a 

circle vowel, and in all cases after U ; as,^ misSyS? lose- 

Second S is used before and after F, V, SH, CH, 
/ f 

and J; as, j shs, / sch, / sfs. 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 19 

Second S is used before all strokes made with 
forward motion, provided a vowel intervenes; as, 

ch set,^ — said, =*^ seek, *^ seem, j^sell. 

Second S is used when S is the only stroke; as, 

3 us, 3 easy. 

It will be noted that a downward curve takes the 
form of S which resembles the curve; as, / seps, 



J 



sves. 



7 


safe 




saves 


9> sash 


/ 


ships 


/ 


ages 


J sage 


c+- 


set 




-sad 


>^^soul 


^ 


seem 


**Ls 


seek 


^ Seth 


? 


ease 


c) 


so 


>> sue 



22. SES or ZES, if unaccented, is represented by 
joining First S with Second S, or Second S with First S ; 
as, <y faces, <^f graces. If this syllable is accented, 
use the vowel; as, C possess, 
c^) face <^ faces 

p passes ^_f cause 

-—9 miss '— ^ misses 

%? gas * <f> gases 

( possess I possesses losscc 



c 


pass 


^r 


causes 


^1 


loses 


v 


cases 


\si 





20 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 



PENMANSHIP EXERCISE 

st sd sr si sk set sed ser sel sek sat sad 

sar sal sak sot sod sor sol sok sut sud sur sul 

silk sum sps sbs sgs sef saf sof bes bas bos sg 

seg sag sog gs ges gas gos ts tes ds das dos 

rs res las los ks kes kas kos ms mes mas mos 

sf sev sav fas ves vos chs jes shs s es ses 

tus dus ms his kus mus pus bus :us vus chs js 

23. N has two forms, both of which are taken 
from the longhand X. These strokes are traced with 
an upward and forward motion. 



First N 



Second N 



24. Use the first stroke when N is the only conso- 
nant or if there appears to be no choice. First X is 
almost always used at the beginning of words. See 
lines one, two and three. L'se second N if the first 
form does not make a good joining. See lines five 
and six. 



<r 


on 


o^~ 


green 


°i 


• need 


J- 


phone 


J 


evince 


** 


sense 


£T 


than 


V 


thence 


e^ 


again-st 


C^ 


gone 


^y 


cane 


^ 


keen 




25. At the end of strokes the second form of X 
is used as a hook if it is not preceded by a prominent 
vowel; as in even, pen, ton, etc. The hook for N is 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 



21 



made very small, and turned with the same motion as 
that used in making second N. 

L open 
f happens 

button 

fun 







even 


9 


often 


broken 
leaden 


6 


spoken 
> done 


pen 


__^ 


ten-ton 



26. After T, D, TH, and K the N-hook is 
enlarged to add S. 



Dickens 



cxo Athens 



_d tens-tons 



GENERAL EXERCISE 



c^r-^ esteem 
&^^ annual 
^ famous 
^^^ loans 
/** knew 



r m-any 



7 



¥ 



coupon 

reckon 

oven 

loss 

gossip 



^f 



laces 



^-^ reckons 

v opens 

I bosses 

*Ji fix 



WORD-SIGNS 

-^ know-no-not 



) his-is 



PHRASES 

27. AS is phrased without the vowel. AS, HIS, 
and IS may be reversed in phrasing. 

A- as it is Ci as good as ^^ as well as 

h^ as you are -cs the good <T at any 



22 



7 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 

r^ in no => would not 

/^ in any 

j 



in which 
' do not 
is the 
is our 
shall you-r 
to any 
to his 



is as 
Jf> as it has 
-j to see 
_^/ to know 
—>^ to our 



C 

7 



is not 
is that 
shall not 
to say 
to which 
to that 



SENTENCES FOR PRACTICE 



Shall Ruth pay for your / . 
room? 

No. Nellie will pay for it. 1 

He will do all he can for you. ^ 

It is said that they will issue _,. j 
it for our school. 

They are ready to ship the &" - 
goods to you. 

Will you take two loads of ' 
wood? 



2 



^r* 



7 



READING EXERCISE 



V 






^Z5" £r/ 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 23 

TEST EXERCISE 

seal, evince, see, sells, written, manual, esteem, gone, say, 
boast, sees, tax, sit, coupon, keen, soft, rose, fees, 
steam, seem, famous, man, pays, spools, basis, stick, stage 
bosses, green, spoke, case, races, stock, many, taxes, on, 
saves, sack, graces, seen, annual, phone, ships, grass, 
cases, sale, selves, oven, able, changes, glass, loses, seal, 
sketch, loss, at, stop, judges, causes, laces, soul, grain, 
gossip, would, faces, passes, codes, gloomy, loans, the, 
gases, poses, gain, may, school, assess, misses, safe, brain, 
go, cost, stays, losses, sacks, assets, push, opens, good, 
step, steps, haste, reckon, am, lost, schools, seizes, stops, 
human, but, post, ease, cash, sorry, again-st, be, slack, 
lose, case, affix, cane, put, face, frame, alas, own, need, 
short, most, lays, same, gross, safe, which, ship, than, then, 
change, thence, judge, pain, dollar, gain, it, are, well, 
our, will, or, that, .a, thousand, an, for, have, you, your, of, 
all, ago, in, hope, mix, knits, tins, annually, catch, suffixes, 
as, roast, aims, sue, guess, neat, loan, easy, slip, miss, 
stuff, main, any, know, is, not, his", prompt, as it is, would 
not, shall not, to our, in no, as it has, in which, is that, 
is our, to his, to which, to know, to any.^o say, to see, to 
that, is as, shall your, is the, is not, in any, the good, do 
not. as you are, as good as, as well as, would not, he will. 

He may save a dollar if he will pay the taxes then. 

Do you know the famous man who will sail on the ship ? 

Lena Blake will bake a good cake for the lady to take. 

He will not have the change which is in the broken 
dish 

Would you pay me that half-dollar which you have 
in your safe ? 

■Can you read all that you have written here? 



24 CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 

Write the forms for the following: sels, sal, sol, sis, set, 
sat, sot, st, seks, saks, sks. 

Illustrate S attached to downward curves. 

Which S is used when S is the only stroke ? Illustrate. 

Which N is used when N is the only consonant ? 

Define and illustrate the use of the syllable EN used 
at the end of certain syllables and words. 



LESSON IV 

DOUBLE AND TRIPLE CONSONANTS. 

REL-LER TED-DED 

TEM-DEM 
2d NT-ND 




28. These combinations are pronounced with 
short vowels, and the student should learn to call them 
by their names and to speak of them as syllables. 
Sometimes a more prominent vowel than the short E 
used above occurs in connection with a blended syllable 
and in many of these cases the writer may secure a 
short and easily made character by using the blend ; 



-date, Jr damage. 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 25 



PENMANSHIP EXERCISE 



_ t 

d - 

ded 



r 
1 
rel 

sh 



n th 
N thr 

\ thl 



m 

mer 
v mel 



1st n 
ner - 
nel — 



2d n 
ter 
'tel 



_ k / 

^ ker / ch 

-_>1 / J 

o U u of 



( 1st s J 2ds v 1st nt ^ 2d nt 
( p ) f V_ lstntr"\2d ntr 
( b / v V^_lst ntT\2dntl 



C/ g C P en C bn o e 

rt ns ^ g £/ gr ^ pr /> br o a 

'O tern <^> pi 6-^gl O pi ^ bl O o 

WORD-SIGNS 

k and-end-hand — -^ during-trust 

^ enter -<< deliver 

V^ handle /^" near-nor 

v accord-car > more 



accordance-course 

cordial 

clerk-collect 



railway 

o 

time 
hundred-under 



CONTRACTIONS 
correct 



corporation 
credit ^"7^ correspondence 
claim O instant-instance 

railroad c -^ street 
tomorrow ^- interest 
"equal / gentlemen 



26 


CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 






PHRASING 








<=^ is 


at hand 


^ 


at any time 




r< — -r in 


. accordance ^rv. 


on hand 






^^ it will 


-r 


it will be 




n 




GENERAL EXERCISE 




// 


relate 




date-debt 




, deaden 


c U 


steady 




duty 


—r 


detach 


N 


through 


<rx 


attempt 


Z-, 


damage 




demand 


K^ 


Homer 


rumor 


' broker 




-camel 


^T 


crop 


Q__^ 


occur 


a_~ 


o'clock 




local 


<T~ 


owner 


-ef7 


manner 




flannel 


«j> 


history 


cJ^ 


straighten 


y 


tariff 


-^ 


true 


°\ 


other 


-X 


mother 


^ 


father 


-J 


delay 


-< 


send-t 


-^ 


land 


^<L 


rent 


^ 


renter 


-C 


rental 


c^ 


attend 




_candle 






WRITE 


IN LONGHAND 





^J> 






CHURCHILL SIMPLIS vSHORTHAND 27 
SENTENCES FOR PRACTICE 
Your note is at our office. 

You may go today if it 
would suit you. 

You may send us two cars of 
coal and eight cars of coke. 

If you can send us a car load 
of wood you may do so. 

Gentlemen : 

In accordance to cor- 
respondence which is at 
hand today, he will pay 
the clerk tomorrow. 

TEST EXERCISE 

history, steady, deaden, straighten, shall, manner, his, 
local, relate, short, put, detach, prompt, rumor, camel, 
good, occur, delay, is, Homer, demand, ago, date, owner, 
no, ship, meaner, which, attempt, broker, not, damage, 
o'clock, flannel, go, crop, in, true, change, duty, land, 
it, renter, judge; candle, send, mantel, the, rental, attend, 
in accordance, traitor, stone, accord, render, clean, course, 
would, battle, gentlemen, across, dollar, victim, tender, 
be, study, sender, but, tree, trick, have, clothe, at any time, 
factory, deliver, draw, stand, cordial, for, grand, our, is 
the time, lender, slander, apprehend, track, debt, plant, 




2S CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 

well srrar.t our. ever.:, is a: ban i, clear, luring, will, lend, 
dddle. ::=:a". and. close, correct, it will, olumber. trus~. 



a-s.ru nana, neru-. nor. cairn. ::rres- 
:c am. equal. street, railroad, rail vay 



ytritz in shorthand 

You may sh:; the e-ois :: you can do so. 

Ycur broker seems :o cake an interest in your r::cl 
credit 






LH5SOX V 



'29 Diphthongs.— The diphthong I is composed 
of Italian A followed by E while 01 begins with a 
somewhat broader sound of A hmshmc with E. 01 is 
made larger than I. These character- may h e inverted : 

as in// /:;c, or the smell circle may be contracted to 

an an^le as in f size. 

Xote carefully how and U are joined in forming 

OW or OL . Ah: n : te the same distinct: : n in EW and 
EU. 



/ 



by c^^ dy 

-"AV life s*- sight 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 29 
01 &^16\\ ^Tspoil 



(T OWorOU <? how f& 

<p EW or EU X few — ^ 



now 
cue 



PENMANSHIP EXERCISE 
— T2> ti — q^di ^s? ri ^^li ^> thi ^<z> mi 

s_tf> ki e bi © pi -g? toi — ^>doi so roi 
x^^loi ^7) moi v^2> koi © poi 4> boi q/ joi 
-,5 tow — «5 dow ^-6' row /^low £? t how ^-t? mow 
^-<5kow ^ fow ^4 few J> vew / bew / pew 

30. EW or EU may be contracted to * U. 
s^- lieu ^2_^ music /° new 

31. W and Y are coalescents. Each is made up 
of two different sounds which, taken together, make 
the necessary sound. W is represented by U. There 
is no danger of W and U causing trouble as W is always 
followed by a vowel while U is followed by a consonant. 
Where W is followed by a circle vowel, make the hook 
for W small and above the circle. The form starts 
similar to the figure 2. 

P we £? way **? woo 

,,2— xj widow ^ window 

32. Phonetically, WH is HW, and in shorthand 
H is written first. 



*?- wheat o2^ whack ( whip 



r 



30 CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAXD 

33. W is disjoined in words if a better outline 
may be had. It will be noticed that O, AH and AW 
are not omitted after W. The advanced writer usuallv 
omits W altogether in the following words : 



v -^~ 


- quit 


S S^ 


quick 


^h 


quote 


-s- 


to-wit 


c 


why 


&r 


wire 


0^ 


while 


/ 


watch 


'- 


week 


tf-~ 


were 


r 


when 


cT 


where 


1 


wish 


e 


want 


e. 


went 



34. Y, when standing alone, is represented by a 
small circle. It cannot conflict with E however, as Y 
is always followed by a vowel, while E is always followed 
by a consonant. L'se a small loop to represent YE 
and a large loop to represent YA or YO. This sound 
is always used at the beginning of words. 

^y- Yale cr- yet ^f year 

35. L* and OW are omitted before N and M, and 
combinations beginning with X or M, in the middle of 
outlines. 

6* announce i found I, sound 

f down _r town / — , summer 

36. Where two vowels come together, write the 
more prominent and indicate the other with a dot inside . 

(3 payee & Owen * O boa 



CHURCHILL SIMPLTS SHORTHAND 31 



37. Voiced and whispered sounds are sometimes 
represented by the same sign; as, S and Z, TRand DR, 
NT and ND, etc. They may be distinguished by plac - 
inga dot above and a little to the right of the character, 
for the voiced sound. 



y zest 



jo 



-J* drain 



38. The words in the following list occur so often 
that it is best to learn them without vowels, so that 
they may be written at the highest possible rate of 
speed. 



a 



bill 



v — v came-come 

O check 

^-^ them 
/^file-follow 
v there-their 

9 was w-s 

yes y-e 

/y> word w-u 

a- with i-t 



C 



6 



^7 



6 



paid 

much 

make 

should 

rush 

book 



bad 

like 

per 

took 

bank 

price 

IRREGULAR CONTRACTIONS 

s <z_ what w-t n^ one w-n 

<p use e-u (p out o-u 

s^S world w-u-r sn^ wonder w-u-n 

-o this t-i (short I)v-*.call k-all 

39. The following contractions begin exactly as 
the word would if written in full. Note that each out- 
line is composed of but one consonant and one vowel. 



c 



about-object<2_- acknowledge / advantage-avenue 



/ after d^sillow 



<^ America-n 



32 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 
ever-y €/ ignorant b beg 





beauty 


'-iful 6 


behold- 


body v_£> 


care 


^-e 


carry 


« 


could-curious — T 


3 did 


— t 


1 doubt 




> duly 


J 


favor 


J 


feel-fill 


. J ' 


full-y 


(0 


gave 


o 


give-n 


/ 


jury 


^^let-letter 


>^look 


s~0 


mail 


— 


move 


/° 


name 


r 


people 


6 


point- appoint-ment 


£ 


poor 


/ 


pure 


6 


possible 


J 


power 


>~ 


remain 


-remit-—,, 
tance 


testimony 


J 


very 




PHRASES 






40. ' 


'I" is contracted to A before F, V, M, and P. 




or^ 


I am 




CTNo 


I am not 




r 


I hope 




I 


I have 




le 


I have been 


?. 


I have not been 




7 


has been 


1 


it has been 




0^ 

c 


I cannot 


-* I would not 




be able 




C 


to be able 




4 


yes, sir 




no, sir 




e 


of all 




e 


all of 




<P- 


use it 




<F~ 


use any 




c^ 


of our 




CO 


of your 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 33 

SENTENCES FOR PRACTICE 
It will be to your advantage 
to take a 23d Avenue street car. 



£3 
Will you go with me to see our 

friend tomorrow? 



-Ji-O* 



Gentlemen : May we not send 4 ^-> ^ ^ ^ ^ 

you some of our dress goods ? ^j? , 7 ^_^ g\ 

We have them on hand and ^^^ 
can ship at anytime if it would 

Yours truly, *~* 1 



READING EXERCISE 



( 



2 



2 £ * 



<zo 



TEST EXERCISE 



we, year, summer, check, merit, was, advantage, it has 
been, widow, and, theory, them, owl, grantor, what, 
avenue, I will not, way, I, payee, should, hue, valid, one, 
America-n, yes, sir, woo, size, deliver, per, foul, may, 
call, beg, no, sir, oil, window, museum, intend, alike, of, 
yes, enter, high, Owen, good, pause, all, out, allow, did, 
use it, care, we cannot, weave, life, rush, radius, am, 
ground, use, body, favor, use, any, whip, sly, paid, around, 



34 CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 

thresh, wonder, quaint, Lydia, much, pound, hide, world, 
gave, let, zest, quote, sight, made, aviate, show, word, 
quit, spoil, with, letter, accord, took, round, obtain, 
move, quick, send, ago, bank, higher, this, point, power, 
to-wit, zero, file, barge, paper, near, ice, appoint, bow, 
drain, follow, by, remain, equip, few, bathe, go, bound, 
summon, dwell, new, ear, the, there, remittance, at, 
island, my, why, cue, clothe, their, soon, try, behold, 
very, boy, testimony, I am, wire, youth, then, thence, 
jump, while, music, than, able, lies, boa, watch, I am not, 
during, come, more, came, wagon, murmur, were, profit, 
come, shall, build, mania, I have, I hope, wish, wait, war, 
occur, want, would not, rapid, his, yell, clause, had not, 
went, price, willow, about, duly, I have not, when, ac- 
quaint, fluent, make, will, glad, every, full-y, we may 
not, and, trust, get, yoke, beauty, jury, I cannot, where, 
in, abundant, ship, thousand, attend, all of, to, week, 
wool, done, mail, of all, hand, inch, boil, wife, lessen, doubt, 
people, of our, Yale, adopt, debt, feel, whittle, drayage, 
yet, possible, be able, any, coil, win, indict, fill, do, 
ignorant, I have been able, year, date, quaint, drop, 
give-n, I may be able, found, announce, caught, look, 
benefit, sound, have been, bad, quiet, far, ten, name, 
down, town, like, how, fraud, ten, poor, pure. 

Gentlemen ; What can we do for you in the way of 
wood and coal for the season ? We have ten cars that we 
can load and ship in two days. We should like to hear 
promptly. 

Yours truly, 

How is W formed? Illustrate. 
How is Y formed? Illustrate. 

Explain how W may sometimes not be written in the 
body of a word. 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 35 
LESSON VI. 

41. Abbreviation. — The complete alphabet has 
been given in the preceding lessons and no word can be 
written without using some element already learned. In 
the lessons that are to follow, abbreviating principles 
are given which shorten words so that they may be writ- 
ten with the greatest possible speed. Certain syllables 
and prefixes as well as suffixes are shortened, some 
being joined, while others are' disjoined. 

NOTE. In paragraphs 47, 55, and 56 outlines will' be found 
which will be slightly abbreviated. 

Before H, W, and a few consonants where 
the circle for A cannot be easily joined, A may be rep- 
resented by the use of a dot, placed at the beginning of 
the word. The dot for A never, conflicts with-H, as 
H is always read before a vowel. 

•- a ahead ^~ aware c^ awake 

T" 5 anew ' G ahoy ^ away 

42. B, D,and R, when followed by long E, are 
seldom vocalized when used as prefixes., Omit the 
vowel in MIS and DIS. . 



fa 



below - — -?- deceit /~y retain 

— — r display — — ^ disease '""^--v miscount 

43. COM, CON, and the occasional prefixesCAN, 
COG, COUN and CUM are represented by K. 

^1 convey ^-^-6 contain ^~Z^ c ° m P e l 

* — /-^condemn w ^~ complain v_? common 

^S> commence v_j^" f commerce v -"^^cancel 

^ o J 

candy v^-*> county ^-—' country 



36 CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 

44. EM and IM are represented by M, unless 
followed by a vowel. If the prefix is followed by a 
vowel, it should also begin with a vowel. 

'*"? imprint. a^^ immoral o^ employ 

45. EN and IN are represented by First N. Ii 
this prefix is followed by a vowel, it should also begin 
with a vowel ; as in ena ble. The prefix EN or IN before 
T, D, R, L and M may take the form of a small hook 
turned with clock motion. 

<*° enable /f inspect s~^*~ enroute 

^^-^encounter r^^ inlay ^^ inmate 

46. UN is represented by UN unless the prefix 
conies before T, D, R, L, or M, in which case the N is 
dropped. 

**° unable ^zf unaware ^^ uncommon 

rST unseen ■*/ unload sf~* unwritten 

47. ENTER, INTER, INTRO and INTEL are 
represented by NTR. 

"^ introduce S> interrupt ~^v internal 

V^_intellect ^y> intelligence ^ indulgent 

48. NON is represented by Second N. 



^-^noncontagious ^-^noncommittal ->#* nonsense 

49. EX, and the sound of EGS, as in example, are 
represented by ES. 

£ — exceed / exchange y except 

2-^ extend ^ t5 ~ explain f expense 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 37 
50 FOR, FORE and FUR are represented by F. 

/ forfeit /^~ forenoon A furnish 

J foresee J~ foreign ly- fortune 

51. SUB is represented by S, joined wherever 
possible by using an angle. 



sublease £-€. subsequent £-&* substance 

5£. Word-signs may be used as prefixes. 
\ shorthand ^-^ shipwreck c ~^ understand 
c-^alter £ also 7^~ afternoon 

53. Prefixes may be compounded. 
<Vy>accomplish CL ^ accommodate ^V^-incomplete 

54. CIRCUM, CIRCU and SELF are represented 
by S, disjoined. 

^'circulation J / selfish ^r^ self-esteem 

O circumspect ^-— C self-content W self-confessed 

55. MAGNA-E-I and MAC are represented by 
disjoined M. 

J magnify *~s*~^ magnanimous ^> magnitude 

—/McDonald 'Tz MacKenzie ^T McVey 

56. MULTI is represented by MU, disjoined. 
( /^ D multiply /J5- multiple ^2^ multitude 

57. OVER is represented by placing O over the 
following word. 

<-— » overcome £—, overdo — £-^ overtake 



38 CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 

58 TRANS is represented by TR, disjoined. 
(/* transgress —^^ translate -^a- transmit 

59. CO is represented by K, disjoined. 
^ co-equal "-^r coerce v -^ coherent 

PHRASES 

60. OF THE is indicated by proximity. The 
words just before and after this phrase are written close 
together, the last w r ord being written a little below the 
first. 

one of the men /rV 

day of the week — D 

wonder of the world -^> 
letter of the 25th instant --<£r ° 

your favor of the 9th ok? 

we have your favor of the 8th Jr? 

We shall fill out what we can of 9 ^ (T ^- <^_p 
the claim and try to have it in your ^_ ^? _ /^ /_" 
hands by day after tomorrow. Q ^ 

COMMON PHRASES 

<"~^ am not r — in it-the 

-** are not / — ° in this 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 



39 



^s 



we may 




in due time 


are of 


S~ 


in our 


if not 


/? 


in time 


all day 


^ 


in any 


lean 


^Q> 


in my 


in all 


^^ 


in more 


to be able 


^ 


will not 



&^ I will be able ^^ we wm ^ e a ^^ e 

>tT our own ¥ of which 

J^ we are not °2_? we cannot 

2^ we will not a** were not 



COMMERCIAL PHRASES 



— r Dear Sir 
— 7 Dear Sirs 
-^_My dear Sir 
__ ii _^Dear Madam 

My dear Madam 
2 Very truly 
2 Very truly yours 
2, Very respectfully 

Very respectfully yours 



] 
I 

J? 
? 



Yours 
Yours truly 
Yours very truly 
Yours respectfully 
Yours very respectfully 
Respectfully yours 
Sincerely yours 
Yours sincerely 
Cordially yours 



40 CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 
LETTERS FOR PRACTICE 

Dear Sir : Your note was due on r o^ - "^— ^ /r_ 

the 27th of May and you have as yet not j2/c^ ^ s^^t— 

paidit. We should like to have the cash - , e ^-? v 2 r 

by June 15, as we have accounts that /S 7 Q^y \ - -,<r 

are due on that date and it would help \ v_ 

us to meet them if you will be able to *^Z '-^- ^ X^f 

pay at that time. -r o n/^ J^ 

Very truly yours, 



Dear Sir: We should like to have r £ -^"^"7 

you go to the country with us on the 15th. (/ -*- ^--^ tr- 

We have a claim that is due us and we/f/ y. ^ & y „ 

hear that the person who owes us will ? ^ *r" v - & ^5 
leave in a short time. If he does, we ^Cy^ ■ ' '1 
shall not be able to get our money J—j f b~3^-^^ 

and we should like to see him soon. ^ / -^ a~^ y~ f 

Yours very truly, ^/ 

TEST EXERCISE 

ahead, wish, poor, candy, introduce, fortune, overcome, 
renew, am not, My dear Madam, in, wonder, possible, 
commerce, entertain, sublease, transgress, devote, renewal, 
are not, Very truly, any, word, could, power, commence, 
interrupt, subsequent, translate, committee, restrain. 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 41 

we may, go', world, curious, common, enterprise, are of, 
substance, transit, compress, good, Very truly yours, 
yes, did, condemn, Very respectfully, doubt, this, com- 
plain, interfere, accommodate, congress, shorthand, if, no, 
Yours truly, about, duly, testimony, intellectual, incom- 
plete, conceive, subway, I can, Yours very truly, not, ob- 
ject, favor, very, cancel, intelligence, circulation, in all, em- 
body, one of the men, is, acknowledge, feel, aware, con- 
tain, indulgence, selfish, excess, to be able, day of the week, 
his, advantage, fill, awake, convey, intelligent, self-esteem, 
indulgent, exclaim, anew, I will be able, wonder of the 
world, avenue, full, employee, out, noncontagious, excuse, 
will not, allow, gave, ahoy, immoral, noncommittal, 
self-content, express, uncommon, of which, use, letter 
of the 2d inst., America-n, give-n, away, imprint, self- 
confessed, impeach, undergo, our own, your favor of the 
9th inst., usual, jury, below, encounter, exceed, was, 
magnify, incorrect, on your, ever, let, we have your favor 
of the 8th, deceit, enroute, magnanimous, incomplete, we 
are not, watch, every, letter, retain, enable, except, magni- 
tude, increase, unpaid, we can, Respectfully yours, week, 
ignorant, look, argue, invite, extend, McDonald, indeed, 
we will, were, one, mail, else, Very respectfully yours, 
instead, explain, MacKenzie, innocent, were not, what, 
most, Yours respectfully, beauty, move, regain, inspect, 
expense, McVey, interview, which will, Sincerely yours, 
when, unable, forfeit, multiply, outline, we will be able, 
where, Yours sincerely, behold, name, unaware, forenoon, 
alter, multiple, Dear Sir, why, body, wire, Yours very 
respectfully, people, furnish, uncommon, multitude, 
debate, call, Dear Sirs, Cordially yours, recall, point, 
country, unseen, foresee, overcame, deceive, recourse, 
while, My dear Sir, care, appoint, county, unload, foreign, 
overdo, degree, refuse, Dear Madam. 



42 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 



LESSON VII. 

61. Long words, and even some short words, may 
be ended as soon as I, SH, NG and NGK are written. 
Should the w r riter so desire, an additional stroke may 
be w T ritten to words shortened under this rule, but it is 
seldom necessary. SIGN, SIGHT and a very few other 
short words are better written in full. 



v s> client 

-^ write 
/* 'light 

q) fashion 
— j deficient 
j) social 
f^ punctual 




• 



decide 

side 

provide 

physician 

proficient 



*?J singular 





/" suspicious 

/^ language 



62. URE is represented by U. 



/> sure 
cL feature 



9, 



indenture 



63. The syllable TITUDE or TITUTE is repre- 
sented by TET 

<^7~ substitute C/ gratitude £*— aptitude 

64. LY is represented by the small circle E. LY 
preceded by a vowel is represented by a loop. This 
loop is made small for ILY and large for ALY. 



^° early 
6^ prettily 



gently 
readily 



calmly 
literally 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 43 

65. BLE is represented by B. 

z — ^readable - — -^ double —^f trouble 



y~ ^readable — -^ 

66. FULL, FORE, and FUR or FER are rep- 
resented by F. 

^~y confer j hopeful < -/ skillful 

67. HOOD is represented by HU, joined if more 
convenient. 

b^ boyhood ^T manhood ^^5° womanhood 

68. LESS is represented by L. 
^senseless (&> painless />^ unless 

69. MENT is represented by M. 

•z>— s argument ^->— document —/ nonpayment 

70. NESS is represented by Second N. 

C? goodness ^_^> kindness t? fairness 

71. POSE is represented by PO. POSITION is 
represented by POSH. 



"JT dispose ^ . oppose 6 suppose 

— -^disposition jP opposition jo supposition 

72. SELF is represented by S, and SELVES by 



6~> himself 


T 


itself 


n^ 


oneself 


7 yourself 


^-7 


themselves 


? 


yourselves 



44 CHURCHILL SIMPIJS SHORTHAND 
73. WARD is represented by D. 

°^ awkward J- — forward — f downward 



74. A dot placed by the side of a stroke indicates 
ING or THING. First S placed in the position of the 
dot represents INGS. Any word or syllable may be 
written in the place of the dot and ING will in this way 
be represented. If any other letter than I precedes NG, 
write the dot at the end of the stroke. 



s wrong S^ 

— r king C< 


long-length 


/<* anything 


bring 


— ^ nothing 
( v being there 


? doing ^ 


doings 


\. thing-think Vy 


things 


v — /J kingdom 


^° willingly So 


knowingly 


Sj lovingly 


^i Covington <5"-^ 


Harrington 


^~Xj Huntington 


X- finger S^ 


longer 


S^ linger 



75. The syllables TED and DED may be rep- 
resented by a disjoined T, placed under and to the right 
of the last stroke. ER, especially after w r ord-signs and 
contractions, is represented by R disjoined. IVE and 
TIVE are represented by a disjoined V. In like manner 
other strokes may be disjoined if by so doing the indi- 
viduality may be retained. 



L changed / 



/ shipped L changed / judged 

1/ shipper (^ changer — c— kindest 

^ ^claimant ^y oppressive ^^ JP / creditable 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 45 

76. IFICATION is represented by a disjoined F. 

v^y classification ^~J notification f*-J ratification 

77. GRAM is represented by a disjoined GR. 

^^ cablegram ^^ program — o diagram 

(^ 

78. GRAPH is represented by disjoined G. 

c-r stenograph ^rzrp mimeograph 2 photograph 

79. MENTAL-ITY is represented by a dis- 
joined M. 

s*4s instrumental A sentimentality 4 fundamental 

80. OLOGY is represented by a disjoined J. 

) j physiology >> / theology 3 1 zoology 

81. SHIP is represented by SH disjoined. 

— ft township J^P fellowship <w? steamship 

82. TIC-ENTIC is represented by K disjoined. 

/J? domestic y^-f sarcastic °^ authentic 

83. ICLE is represented by KL disjoined. 
<p icicle ^ radical > — p- ^critical 



46 CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 

84. ULATE is represented by a disjoined U. 
<rr> emulate ^ speculate £. speculator 
C. speculative c-^—, stimulate ^ stipulate 

85. Disjoin the stroke just preceding ITY. 

o/ ability Q-W activity ^ — - identity 



^/tfuality 
o-^/" eternity 



^ majority 
s^y dexterity 

PHRASES 



/ vicinity 
^ capacity 






e^ 



<? 



as soon as 
for them 
for his 
have had 
I have had 
I hope you will 
it is not 
there is not 
did the 
your favor 
did you 
this will 
this letter 
in some 



1 



6*- 



if they 

in which it-the 
it can 

should be able 
so as to be able 
who will be 
who would 
with which 
did not 
your letter 
did you know 
this may 
this week-can 
at any rate 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 47 

LETTERS FOR PRACTICE 
My dear Sir: 

I will see what I can do ^ &^% ^__ cs_^ 

on the piece of land that you 3 ^p_ /" ^^ v, 

wish to buy I think that this <? -, 7 <*,. \ s^ Y 

can be had for $25 an acre. ^ — y ^j- r , q_^ 

Would you take it if you knew — 3 __q_^ __ %^ ^ 

that you would not have to pay 3 ^/ _^ „ s ^~ 

6 
more than this price? There -^ £ z ^^ /Jo 

are 120 acres and the land is q ^ ^ _ ^^ ; 

quite good. Very tmly yourS( ^ ^ ; ^ 

Dear Madam : 

We have a piece of land ___er^ >/ Y u 

out in Cass County that we know ^-^ £""~ v^> ^_^-d n^ 

you would take should you get a ^ q^ / a <^— 

chance to see it. It lies well . ^ ~i — / - ^y^ 

and the soil is of a black clay ^ _ S^^J cs . Y^ 

loam. It will raise any kind of v o s^^ — ^^€ V^ 

crops and the price is only $80 an ^— ^ v_ _ ^T J <? *# 

acre. Come in as soon as you r . o ^ <*— . — » r ft 

can as it will go quickly, ^_^ j^^ \_&^j> Y 
Yours very truly, 



48 CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 

TEST EXERCISE 

client, fashion, feature, early, readable, unless, confer, 
boyhood, senseless, argument, goodness, thousand, dispose, 
oneself, doing, Covington, king, thing, longer, along, 
shipper, classification, cablegram, stenograph, township, 
instrumental, physiology, domestic, emulate, activity, 
accession, action, attraction, ability, behind, avail- 
able, deficient, social, punctual, venture, string, them- 
selves, anything, think, belong, things, shipped, spec- 
ulative, identity, dispose, eternity, awful, cancellation, 
deadly, destruction, careful, gently, caution, describe, 
passion, fine, special, gratitude, double, hopeful, anxiety, 
manhood, girlhood, painless, document, kindness, oppose, 
culture, himself, location, treasure, opposition, daily, 
machine, pleasure, pressure, doings, facility, bring, 
maturity, motion, Harrington, knowingly, fidelity, failure, 
only, fixture, forward, sing, option, handling, pending, 
badly, sure, long, reassure, length, longer, thanks, assure, 
changed, changer, function, furniture, notification, judg- 
ment, program, herself, moment, mimeograph, myself, 
element, ourselves, ascribe, sentimentality, theology, 
aspire, delight, fellowship, being, might, inquire, mile, 
going, mind, beings, sarcastic, prescribe, provide, icicle, 
speculate, litigation, suspicious, legible, junction, censure, 
institution, leisure, night, acquire, radical, esquire, 
critical, inscribe, feasibility, liability, decide, fair- 
ness, physician, nonpayment, side, proficient, hopeless, de- 
struction, institute, indemnity, efficient, indebted, deadly, 
insure-ance, skillful, trouble, impose, supposition, treat- 
ment, incurred, imposition, suppose, itself, yourself, 
downward, doing the, yourselves, being there, kindest, 
kingly, kindly, spring, wrong, nothing, Huntington, 
judged, lovingly, ratification, station, veracity, variety, 
capacity, require, authority, stroke, strike, locality, 
arrive, pilgrim, fundamental, beside, fine, light, minority, 
zoology, steamship, authentic, reside, speculator, indict- 
ment, sensible, greetings, reaction, physical, stipulate, 
among, right, superscribe, this letter, did you know. 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 49 



LESSON VIII. 

86. R, and sometimes L, may be indicated 
after straight strokes and a circle vowel, by turning the 
vowel in the opposite direction from the hands of a clock. 

If a primitive word ends in T or D and its 
derivative ends in TER or DER, it is better to use the 
method given in this paragraph than it is to use the 
blending principle as learned in the fourth lesson, 



as,. 



- read, . 



Q— art 
^ real-ly 

o deal-dear 

cr® error 
-_Odoor 



-^reader. 
cSi- start 
J> roll 
- — o dare 
c—o steal-still 
Q old 




87. At the end of words S may be added to the 
indicated R or L by making the circle into a loop. 
This loop is small for ES and large for AS or OS. 



cr^=>adores 

ideals 

<r^ errors 



S*> 



models 
details 
retails 



c -^ > steals 
<^-y strangers 



tells 



88. After P or B, turn the vowel outside to indi- 
cate R or L. This motion is similar to that used in 
making the figure 8. 

cf port ^ report ^f* reporter 

^Tparalyze ^; parallel <^^ parasol 

c[f paraphrase c/jp paradise c/— ^ pardon 



50 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 



A- P ermit 

cf pairs 
y superior 
J bear 
- board 



of 



period 

repair 

burn 

bearer 

boarder 



paradox 

repairer 

born 

burden 

barrel 



89. R and L are indicated by irregular position 
of the vowel. U before R has the same sound as E 
before R, and U is used in the word heard given below 
for the sake of distinguishing between heard and held. 



o~-^ arm 'o—, harm 


yj? corner 


^J? corn — ^~^ term 


^ virtue 


6~ sort -$- resort 


^ heard 


■=> your ^-ttO ultimately 


I field 


90. N is reversed to indicate R 




°s earn c^ yearn 


<5/ orange 
<&* morning 


/-"learn cP~ ornate 



91. When R is weakly vocalized it may be safely 
omitted, as is often done by some speakers. R may be 
inserted at any time by striking it through the vowel. 
Well defined syllables grow out of this method; as, ser, 

sir, sur bv writing J SE, and verse by writing 

/-VBS. 

cord <*A firm — <r turn 

f2- insert ^-#- concern ^^ larger 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 51 

st2 worthy ^ j> clergy /?? worse 

<a ^ certain ^>r surplus &r surprise 

5L assert r versify j£^ versatile 

92. When T is final it is seldom written after S or 
K, and in other places where the sound is weak. 



? defect *^j largest <^ Y ' protest 

detest q/ earnest (^ happiest 



afflict y repute <f reputation 

/f insist - — -r desist P assist 

93. D is omitted between short A and J, M or V. 

adjust <^r^ administer *£& advocate 

94. Long words contracted by writing as far as 
the accented syllable. 

^^ absolute J-& affidavit ^zT" amanuensis 
4 appear ^r^ aristocrat Ji benefactor 
collateral ^r conspicuous — -^ deposit 
discrepancy <^r^eliminate ry enthusiasm 

^"erroneous ^=> establish-ment %* exorbitant 
f experience 2-f extravagance o^ facilitate 
^.inaterial ^~J/ miscellaneous ^ percent-proceed 
^U reciprocate /^^"^ remunerate -^f replevin 
-^ridiculous J^ solicit ^~ synonymous 



52 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 



95. Contractions accented on the first syllable 
and containing a vowel and more than two consonants. 

C^ pleasant & present-ence fe* practice 



6^~ predicate 
fc principle 
c_^scoundr,el 



4 



prejudice £? privilege 

simple J-p sample 

specify 



t 



96. Many long words may be shortened by writ- 
ing enough so that the writer will have no trouble in 
reading them. This system gives ample opportunity 
to abbreviate certain words that might come under 
any special line of work. Some writers are able to 
contract a great deal, while others find it to their lik- 
ing to write their notes very completely. 

h above 



£^~^ agriculture 
<^° arrange-ment 



cS attorney 
^£ consist 
*— -^control 
— tf/uiligence 
^/extemporaneous %S extreme 



bankrupt 



— -t designate — -f difficult-y 



disproportionate 



( 
3- hesitate 

^jurisdiction 

^memorandum 

.—^mortgagor 

Q— /"ordinary 






indiscriminate am 

jurisprudence 

messenger 

observe 

organ 



perpendicular ^^~ plaintiff 
' proud C" prepare 




remedy 
, seclude 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 



53 



£ 



7 



resignation 
telephone 



resistance 
vindicate 



in fact 
I will try 
if ever 
last week 

X_^ which you can 

<3^ at least 

<? r ^ at last 



PHRASES 

— *rs*'- this morning 
M^ free trade 
-°y you will be sure 
^2_^ next week 
- — T would see 

g" would say 

you mention 



Dear Sir : We have a corner lot near Clinton Court 
that we will sell cheap for cash. A certain man saw the lot 
not long ago and thinks that he would like to have it, 
but I do not know that he will be able to get the money 
at this time. If you are ready to make a deal and this 
lot suits you, call at once as we are quite anxious to 
make an early sale. Very truly yours, 




54 CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 

WRITE IN SHORTHAND 

Dear Sir: We have a new bookcase, a History of the 
World, by Ridpath, and several useful books on bee cul- 
ture that we will sell cheap for spot cash. The bookcase 
cost us forty dollars last March and it is just as good as 
new, but one-half that amount of money will take it. 
You realize the worth of Ridpath's History of the 
World. 

You may have the whole outfit for seventy-five dollars. 
We are forced to make a quick sale and you should be here 
early tomorrow. if you wish to get it. 

Very sincerely yours, 

The chairman will report to the firm in June. 

We may wait until May and then go ahead with 
the work. 

What can we do for you in the way of cheap farm 
lands in Miller County? 

You may get the services of a painter who is well 
versed in his work. 

TEST EXERCISE 

extraordinary, poor, pure, seclude, synonymous, carry, 
possible, given, wonder, although, facilitate, metropolitan, 
give, distract, percent, care, proceed, remunerate, appoint- 
ment, gave, iron, water, district, jail, yard, reciprocate, 
point, extemporaneous, extreme, material, call, full-y, 
establish-ment, eliminate, conspicuous, replevin, solicit, 
reader, models, details, retails, report, bear, paramount, 
parallel, field, burden, resignation, recognize, deposit, term, 
your, yearn, ornate, jurisprudence, week, memorandum, 
mortgagor, passenger, proud, telephone, yield, worthy, 
would say, at least, you mention, at last, word, ever, who 
can, manuscript, mortgage, praiseworthy, ordinary, order, 
were, ignorant, every, next week, clergy, worse, fill, people, 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 55 

firm, feel, repute, no, which you can, arm, ultimately, 
orange, larger, beauty, behold, adjust, administer, mes- 
senger, observe, repair, pardon, parasol, barrel, bearer, 
virtue, perpendicular, remedy, vindicate, would see, 
what, favor, beautiful, agriculture, designate, hesitate, 
yes, erroneous, discrepancy, experience, ridiculous, supply, 
one, extravagance, miscellaneous, when, with, present, 
remember, prominent, simple, absolute, congregate, 
effect, above, altitude, paragraph, pilgrim, circular, 
told, plaintiff, exclaim, crowd, act, arrange, specify, 
principle, active, insist, tardy, convict, assist, conflict, 
just, test, past, accustom, affidavit, amanuensis, certain, 
surprise, farm, last, least, reverse, versus, universe, best, 
art, organ, where, about, start, voucher, rest, deals, 
court, affairs, strict, inverse, diverse, adores, averse, 
jurisdiction, in fact, this morning, assort, story, adverse, 
real-ly, surplus, versify, defect, reserves, store, inconsist- 
ent, deserve, largest, earnest, appear, aristocrat, auto- 
mobile, pleasant, out, why, surface, share, survey, fact, 
imperfect, soldiers, move, acknowledge, free trade, present, 
practice, expert, very, export, services, detract, serve, use, 
agriculture, associate, insert, boarder, enlarge, restore, 
repair, servant, reverse, wire, advantage, benefactor, 
collateral, conspicuous, surgeon, barter, was, resort, 
contribute, earth, reserve, versatile, tell, dare, dear, 
avenue, deal, till, protest, yarn, search, if ever, you 
will be sure, error, readers, paradise, charters, perfect, 
concern, prepare, leaders, earn, card, usual, church, 
while, allow, detest, control, murder, dares, compare, 
past, duly, predicate, period, permit, board, did, 
doubt, mail, door, duplicate, modest, millers, wish, 
American, corner, turn, compare, deduct, invest, trans- 
act, compute, discriminate, bankrupt, letter, indis- 
criminate, diligence, regard, this, terribly, curious, let, 
sure, look, last week, enthusiasm, jury, exorbitant, 
inward, practice, power, privilege, could, scoundrel, 
delinquent, transport, tribute, watch 



56 CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 
LESSON IX. 

NOTE. It is suggested to the teacher that the learner care- 
fully review the eight preceding lessons while mastering the con- 
tracted forms given in Lesson Nine. 

CONTRACTIONS COMPOSED OF ONE VOWEL AND 
TWO CONSONANTS 



( absence 


a^ 


acceptance c^ 


accompan 


(/* believe 


6 


beyond y^ 


capable 


t/^ challenge 


^ 


character ^^ 


child 


/^children 


* — *y* 


communicate- ^r 
■ tion 


consult 


—7 custom 




■> criminal — -¥> 


difference 


— ^dignity 


2 


effort f^~ 


electric 


/?£> engage 




especial %^ 


excel-lent 


>" exercise 


cK 


familiar J 


first 


y house 


/a 


insult / 


legal 


yy legislate 


^f 


liberty y 


little 


-^r matter 


/-~&s 


method ^^ 


member 


^a — middle 


/&- 


nature ^y 
natural 


neglect 



number 



e 



-^ particular ^ 

-^ receipt ^*— 

receive 

^Cs regular ^r 
regulate 



operate &< organize 

opportunity 

£> proof-prove 



promise 
recollect 



f — -record 



remember y represent 
remembrance 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 57 



^ result 


c^- 


satisfy-actory ( 


separate 


«*- settle-city 


; 


several 


6 


signify-ature 


<*k similar 
/ suggest-ion 


^ 


small 


^ 


success-succeed 


l -Q- 


territory 


-r° 


testify 


-©- title 
<^— verdict 




total 
witness 


/ 


tribute 
yesterday 


CONTRACTIONS WITHOUT VOWELS 


c_^ ask 


~7 


attention 


c 


become 


L better 


( 


business 


r 


company 


°—j confident 


~7 


danger 


-7 


defend-ant 


— -7 definite 
— 7 develop 
JL^ form-from 


depend-ent 

disgust 

freight 


2 


desire 

enclose-ure 

future 


/- generalize 




glad 


7 
Y 


govern 


C great 


7 


important - 
ance 


independent 


y influence 


7_ 


invoice 


*-is 


magazine 


*~y Messrs. 


-moderate 


-> 


must 


/J necessary 


<z^ 


negotiate 


£ 


never 


r opinion 


£ 


part-y 


please 


( popular 


i 


probable 


4/ 


progress 


(y purpose 


prospect 


/ 


publish 
public 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 

-r recent-ly sj refer-ence 



58 

6 purchase 

^y regard-less 

/ society 

c_ state 



Y reply ^r response-ible 

( speak-speech u spirit 
/ subject <*~* work 



CONTRACTIONS HAVING NEARLY THE SAME FORM 
AS LONGHAND ABBREVIATIONS 



/f answer <y- 

J- advertise-ment^ 



A 



address 


<^^_ amount 


balance 


\Si- catalog 


chapter 


^ — C. 0. D. 


debtor-doctor —-^ department 


F. 0. B. 


f) figure 



^ catholic 

— f> discount 

o-r etc. 

^--o manufacturer ^merchandise C superintendent 



ultimo 



United States O— O. K. 



WORDS WRITTEN AS THEY ARE SOMETIMES SPOKEN 
BY CARELESS SPEAKERS 



^-gr" admire 
advice 
a/ avoid 
C? begun 

<\ although 
<^p altogether 
szf anywhere 
behalf 



J 



--a_ admit 

t^ agree 

O^ begin 

^—r because /J 

COMPOUND WORDS 

& already c~~>. 

sf anybody /<" 

h / I 

4^ behindhand / 

d? everywhere ^ — 



advance 
y^\ another 
(^ began 

enough 

almost 
anything 
beforehand 
cargo 



everything ^ 
forever <y~ 

fuimi y 

hereby 

henceforth '«- 
a-~^ hereinto 
hitherto 
however 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 59 

cf^ elsewhere ^ everyone J everybody 

forgive-n < /' foreclose 

forget <^_ forthwith 

herein <rf hereafter 

hereinbefore^? hereinafter 

herewith <f° hereof 

hereto °-j heretofore 

meanwhile <^s meantime 

moreover /I, nevertheless 

_^r notwithstanding 



3 

r 

7 



1 



1 

<j newspaper -jr nobody 
(r outline &* nowhere 



somebody >-6° somehow j~/) sometime 



somewhat j^f somewhere 

\<f thereafter w thereof 

V— therewith ^ therein 

£■ upon y whatever 

wheresoever cf* whereas 



y 



therefore 
throughout 



1 
f 

^7 wherefore 



whereabouts O whenever 
^ whereof ^ wherein 



whoever 
9 withdrew 



whosoever 

^° withold 

whatsoever 



drf wherever 
jo whereat 
whereby 
whensoever 
dff whereupon 
cr ^ withdraw 
&-*> wit held 
to 7 without 



60 CHURCHILL SIMPIJS SHORTHAND 

CONTRACTED PHRASES 
}r as soon as possible b as far as possible 

>-^/as long as possible ±^<f as well as possible 
y<r as near as possible /-^ as a matter of fact 
C_^ acknowledge receipt of C^ by mail 



by return mail 

beg to advise 

bill of lading 
Cr better than 
crz) early mail 

earliest convenience 
_£arly date 
o . early day 
q-j early attention 

C. earliest possible date 

r^-r enclosed please find 
£/t> g^ad to see 

/ hope to have 
/ it is possible 
x-^^in consequence 
/^ in receipt of 
/Y in reply to 



^ 



beg to state 



bill of sale 

a-> day or two 

<rf early reply 

early convenience 

early order 
o__ — at an early date 
Q — o at an early day 
e-7 earliest attention 
(/J earliest possible time 
yL First National Bank 
C/& glad to say 
\_ hand in hand 
r ^ in the near future 
f^ in regard to 
/ ' in relation to 
'Cs in respect to 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 61 

/7 in response to J—-, is said to have 

J__^ is said to be / Justice of the Peace 

^^TLadies and Gentlemen ^^ longer than 

^ in a day or two more and more 

' — ^fnore or less (p-^ on account of 

<f\ on the other hand czrr ought to be 

& party of the first part f prompt attention 

(jl party of the second part r sooner than 

e_^ state whether or not ■£- — — ^what to do 
-JJ try to have fT'J ^ me to ^ me 

/^?/7time after time e_t_^ week to week 

e^.«-'Week after week /P-> tomorrow morning 

y to be sure r "^_-^ under (a) separate cover 

c=r ^ where do you reside J your esteemed favor 

?^your esteemed letter c/ your valued favor 
/>-5 your misunderstanding 2ls-~* yesterday morning 



Dear Sir: 

Answering your letter of the 26th, our advertising 
rates in Business will be found on the enclosed rate card. 
These rates are subject to ten per cent discount on all yearly 
contracts if twelve insertions of any sized copy is used. 

We are today mailing you under separate cover a 
copy of our last issue. We believe Business should prove 



62 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 



to be of great value to you in advertising your school, as 
our magazine is read by men and women who are ambitious 
to better their business conditions. We know that in 
advertising our own school, the International Account- 
ants' Society, which is a subsidiary company to ours, 
Business has been more profitable than any other maga- 
zine which we have ever used. 

We have our own art and copy department, which is 
conducted for the use of our clients, and would be very 
glad to prepare copy suggestions for you if you will send 
us your literature. The service is given free of charge 
and places you under no obligation whatever. 

Trusting that we may receive your order for our 
next issue, we are 

Very truly yours, 




CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 63 
LESSON X. 

96. In order to retain the distinctive forms of 
certain contractions, it is sometimes necessary to join 
S contrary to the rule. 

/? remains ^^ letters -70 testimonies 

97. It is sometimes desirable to be able to mark 
diacritically, and the student will do well to become 
familiar with the following table: 

o I, as in BIT 

o E, as in BET, and may be used in FERN, BURN, 
and BIRD 
2 E, as in EAT 
& A, as in AT or ASK 
p A, as in LATE or PAIR 
pj A, or O, as in LARD, NOT, ALL, and CORD 
O O, as in OLD 

p U, or O, as in UP, LOVE, and HURRY 
n U, or 00, as in WOOL, FOOD, FULL, RULE 
© I, as in ICE 
& 01, as in OIL 
£ OW, or OU, as in OWL 
tfi EW, or EU, as in FEW 



EXERCISE TO BE MARKED DIACRITICALLY 



S <^K same 


^V 


lame 


s j- 


fair 


fe_ band 


^f 


ran 


--& 


man 


^L fix 


J 


fit 


^r 


trim 


j— set 


? 


sense 




- met 


^v those 


h 


though 


Q 


Oh 



64 CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 



Q Ah 


s <? 


yea 


<? 


ye 


/^?law 


■^r 


hall 


T 


obvious 


s?~ rut 


>, 


thus 




does 


•T^wool 


^ 


spool 




pull 


&^spoil 


*, 


poison 


1 


sign 



98. After the student has become thoroughly 
familiar with the principles contained in the preceding 
lessons, he will find that many vowels may be omitted 
in the middle of outlines without impairing their legi- 
bility. In determining the proper vocalization of 
words, the writer should confine himself as nearly as 
possible to the following suggestions: 

Initial and final vowels are almost always written. 

One medial vowel is all that any word needs for 
legibility. If the word contains several medial vowels, 
and there seems to be no choice as far as ease of writing 
is concerned, write the accented vowel; as, in PACK- 
AGE, write it P-A-K-J, leaving AGE un vocalized. 

If a word has three or more consonants, it is not 
necessary to use any vowels. However, it is never 
wise to omit a vowel if its insertion would produce a 
more flowing outline. 

An omitted vowel may be indicated, if the writer 
so desires, by placing its diacritical mark below its 
position in the word. 



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y>- stupid (^ cabbage ^_s—f condition 



passage / ^ petition ^S)i condemnation 



SHORTHAND INITIALS 



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north 9 east ^ south ? west 

north-east y south-east ^ south-west /^ north-west 

DAYS OF THE WEEK 

•£ Sunday -^ Monday — ? Tuesday ?* Wednesday 
v Thursday Jo Friday =£- Saturday 

MONTHS OF THE YEAR 

J- January J February---/ March fi April 
-^ May / June / July & August 

C September - October y November — f December 



66 CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 

STATES AND TERRITORIES 
^rC°Alabama <^rv Alaska <jf Arizona 

<^— Arkansas ^ * California ^ — o Colorado 

v->- Connecticut — e/T>'elaware — 



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Indiana 

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Minnesota 

Montana 

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North Dakota Q Ohio 



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9„ Washington 
3? Wyoming 



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Tennessee 

Vermont 
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LARGE CITIES GIVEN IN ORDER OP POPULATION 

The following outlines are only suggestive of how 
any proper names may be written. If the name is to 
be written a great deal, it is only necessary to write 
enough so that the word can be read. If, however, 
the name is uncommon and reference cannot be had as 
to its spelling, pronunciation, etc., it is well to make the 
outline very complete. 

^- New York 9„ Washington y Worcester 

4_^ Chicago ^— £ Kansas City J^? Syracuse 

J\ Philadelphia /y Los Angeles Sf New Haven 

/^Brooklyn ^~^T Minneapolis <A Birmingham 

></£>t. Louis s^b-. Manila ^20 Memphis 

[_ Boston la- Jersey City ^ £ Scranton 

"/Cleveland ^/, Providence &<? Paterson 

/^Baltimore Sb Indianapolis ajb Omaha 

C Pittsburgh <sj Louisville -^Dayton 

Detroit ^ Rochester of t Grand Rapids 

Buffalo V St. Paul /I Nashville 



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^-3^M ilwau kee cJ~<^ Portland O Spokane 

<^T Cincinnati ' — -^ Columbus ^/^ Cambridge 

^Newark —^-Toledo /'i> Bridgeport 

New Orleans <5^T Atlanta (^C^Salt Lake City 

Seattle Q-JZ. Oakland <& Des Moines 



68 CHURCHIIJ, SIMPUS SHORTHAND 

PART II. 

SUPPLEMENTARY PRACTICE MATTER 

The New Werner Co., 

Utica, N. Y. 
Gentlemen: 

We have instructions to continue your classified advertise- 
ment in our publication, and as all classified advertising must be 
paid for in advance, we inclose invoice to cover cost of the adver- 
tisement in our December issue, last forms for which close November 
1st. Upon receipt of remittance the advertisement will be entered 
for publication. 

Thanking you in advance for an early remittance, we are 
Yours very truly, 

Charles E. Hainer, 

Grafton, N. Dak. 
Dear Sir: 

We have your favor of the 11th and note what you say in regard 
to making settlement of our bills amounting to $146.75. From the 
fact that these are now past due this is not at all satisfactory and we 
must ask that you let us have check by Friday or arrange to honor 
draft which we will make on that date. 

Yours very truly, 

Messrs. Hake & Kendall, 

Santa Rosa, Cal. 
Gentlemen: 

We call your attention to the inclosed statement of account. 
You will notice that the account is due, and that it ought to be 
paid soon. Will you kindly give the matter your attention? 

November ends our fiscal year and we are naturally anxious to 
close up as many of these matters as possible before the end of the 
month. May we not have your prompt and favorable response by 
early mail? We shall greatly appreciate the favor, we can assure 
you. 

With best wishes, we are 

Yours truly, 

Mr. Jacob .Warren, 

Dover, Del. 
Dear Sir: 

We wish to call your attention to our invoices of Sept. 2d, 18th 
and 23d and the terms of which provide for payment thirty days 
from date of shipment. We will ask you to kindly let us have check 
covering these items by Wednesday of next week, and not hearing 
from you on that date will assume it is agreeable that we make 
draft through the Dover National City Bank for the amount of these 
invoices. 

We very much prefer, however, that you remit direct and relieve 
us of the necessity of doing so. 

Yours very truly, 



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The Expert Training School, 

Flint, Mich. 
Gentlemen: 

We have received from our Detroit Branch school agreement 
covering the sale of twenty-five typewriters. We thank you heartily 
for the order and trust that when you need more equipment in the 
way of typewriters, you will not forget us with further orders. 

We desire at this time to call your attention to the fact that we 
are maintaining at our various Branch Offices an employment de- 
partment to which we shall be pleased to have you refer any of your 
graduates who may desire assistance in securing positions. 

Thanking you for past favors, we are 

Yours truly, 



Mr. L. C. Scott,. 

Huron, S. Dak. 
Dear Sir: 

We last wrote you under date of March 14th, and would like to 
know whether the situation is such that you will give us the order 
for your book, and about when you feel that you might be in a 
position to do so. Our inquiry is occasioned by the fact that we 
would like to get the summer work lined up as early as possible, 
and can well provide for the doing of it properly, with best service 
and convenience to you. We inclose a stamped envelope for your 
convenience in replying, and trust that we may hear from you 
shortly. 

Yours very truly, 



Peoples Coal Co., 

Dixon, 111. 
Gentlemen: 

In answer to the indorsement made on the proof of your adver- 
tisement to appear in the forthcoming edition of the Dixon Exchange 
Telephone Book, would say that our authority for continuing the ad 
is based on your signed order, of which the inclosed is a copy. 

After the advertisement is run in the forthcoming edition, and 
the $15.00 which will be due on the publication of the book is paid, 
the order will expire. 

Unless we hear from you to the contrary, the advertisement 
will be continued in the forthcoming edition, the same as it appears 
in the current edition. 

Thanking you for your patronage, we are 

Yours very truly, 



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Competent, 33, 

Care of Press. 

In answer to your advertisement for a competent stenographer, 
as published in the Press of November 28th, please consider me an 
applicant for the posititon. 

I am eighteen years old, have been graduated from high school, 
and from the Commercial Training School of this city. Outside of 
two weeks that I worked in the office of the last named school I 
have had no business experience. Besides being rapid and accurate 
in shorthand and typewriting, I have taken a short course in book- 
keeping. T have made a special study of writing sales letters, 
dunning letters, etc., and have learned to fill in form letters. I have 
also studied follow-up systems, filing, and indexing. 

You may ask Mr. Joseph Harrington, 324 Wealthy Street, 
Cashier of the First National Bank, about my character and relia- 
bility. I should also be glad to refer you to Mr. Henry L. King, 
Principal of the Commercial Training School. 

I shall be pleased to call upon you at any time that would be 
most convenient to you for an interview. 

Very truly yours, 



The Indian Medicine Co., 
Marshalltown, Iowa. 
Gentlemen: 

By today's mail we are sending you a copy of the February 
number of Popular Mechanics, in which appear the advertisements 
of a number of our clients ; we believe there are eight, all told. They 
represent varied interests, but in each case the advertiser is doing 
well. 

Among the number represented is one advertisement which has 
appeared in seventy-five different publications, and has paid in 
seventy-four of them. We have never before heard of a record that 
would equal it, and we do not know that we could duplicate it. 
This is the advertisement of the Haywood Tire and Equipment 
Company, of Indianapolis, page 160 of the advertising section. 

Mr. Haywood says that the January advertisement has pulled 
wonderfully well, and instructs us to place the same copy in the 
March issue. That will be three consecutive insertions for it — 
January, February, and March. 

On page 170 appears the advertisement of the McCreery Manu- 
facturing Company. For fifteen years their business was placed 
through another agency. You are at perfect liberty to write them 
and ask what they think of the Miller Advertising Company service. 

Don't you think it worth while talking over your proposition 
with us? 

Yours very truly, 



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TESTIMONY 

Q. Do you know the plaintiff in this case? 

A. Yes, sir; I do. 

Q. Did you know her at the time of the accident? 

A. I did. 

Q. Have you seen her since that time ? 

A. I have. 

Q. How many times ? 

A. I can't say exactly. 

Q. Well, about how many times? 

A. Possibly ten or a dozen times. 

Q. Do you know how many people were there at the time this 

plaintiff was hurt ? 

A. I cannot remember exactly. 

Q. You must have some idea as to the number. 

A. We will say five or six. 

Q. Will you state the names of those you know? 

A. I cannot recollect their names. 

Q. How did you happen to be at the car? 

A. I was going to take a car for home. 

Q. Where do you reside? 

A. At 154 East Street. 

Q. Did you live at 154 East Street at the time of the accident? 

A. I did. 

Q. Do you recollect the time of day you took this car ? 

A. It might have been five p. m. 

Q. What was the name of the car? 

A. It was a Taylor car. 

Q. Did the car come to a full stop? 

A. Not at the time the girl was hurt. — , 

0. How far did the car go after the accident? 

A. It may have been ten or a dozen feet. 

0. What is the name of the conductor of the car? 

A. I think his name is Carter. 

Q. Have you ever heard his name mentioned in connection with 
this accident? 
Objected to as incompetent, irrelevant and immaterial. Objec- 
tion sustained. 

Q. Do you know if Mr. Carter called upon her after the accident? 

A. I do not know for sure that he did. 



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Gentlemen of the Jury: 

As this is the first case that you are to try during the six weeks 
which you are to sit here, perhaps it will be appropriate for me to 
say something of our respective duties. It is my duty, as presiding 
judge, to preside during the trial and to direct what evidence shall 
be submitted to you, and to direct the general course of the pro- 
ceedings, and, finally, to state the law applicable to each case, with- 
out expressing any opinion about the facts. It is your duty, on 
the other hand, to decide all controverted questions of fact, taking 
your law from the court. You are bound to assume that I am giving 
you correct law, whether I am or not, and it will be correct law 
until the Supreme Court, who have a chance to review me, say that 
it is not correct law. You ought to assume, when I state the law 
to you, that it is a correct statement of the law, and apply the facts 
to the law. 

You are selected as jurors, and in my opinion you can perform 
no better service for the state. You are practically judges of fact, 
and have very important matters to determine. You can not 
generally be reviewed; it is only in unusual and extreme cases that 
your verdicts can be interfered with; and therefore your natural 
feeling, of course, would be not only that you ought to decide all 
cases justly, but that you must so decide them, having taken an 
oath to decide all questions of fact in accordance with the evidence 
and under the law given to you by the court. If it were not for 
jurors to help the Court, I do not know how we should get on, 

This system which we now have has been m existence for a 
great many years; we inherited it, so to speak, from our mother 
country ; and I presume it will be in vogue long after you and I have 
passed over to the other side. It is the best system we have ; it is not 
claimed it is perfect, but it is claimed that it is the best system we 
know of. The law contemplates, and the statute provides, that 



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jurors shall be men of good moral character and sound judgment; 
and with such jurors we expect substantial justice. In the term of 
court upon which you are just entering you will have many im- 
portant cases to decide, and this case is an important case, im- 
portant both to this defendant and to this plaintiff. 

The plaintiff, gentlemen, is always the person who brings the suit. 
In this case, it is Mr. Smith. The defendant is the person or corpo- 
ration defending the suit. In this case it is this railroad corpora- 
tion. I think sometimes lawyers and judges use the words "plain- 
tiff" and "defendant" so readily that they forget that jurors do not 
always understand those terms at the beginning of the term. I sat 
once for nearly a whole term of court, and then one juryman came 
and asked me, "Who is the plaintiff and who is the defendant ? " so 
I think it is always well to start by stating carefully that the 
plaintiff is the person. or company which brings the suit, and the 
defendant is the person or company which is defending. 

The law puts upon one party or the other what is called the 
burden of proof. In a criminal case this burden of proof must be 
sustained beyond a reasonable doubt. 



THOUGHTS ON BUSINESS 

By W. P. Warren 

A MOTIVE FOR ACTION 

To allow ourselves to be cheated out of an opportunity is not 
only unfair to ourselves, but it is unfair to others, for it also cheats 
them out of the good we might be able to do them if we had taken 
advantage of the opportunity. Let us hope that there are few men 
selfish enough to think that a man owes nothing to his fellowmen. 
It is a commonly accepted thought that a man has certain moral 



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obligations to others, and that he who wilfully neglects them, for- 
feits his right to the respect of his fellows. 

The endeavor to attain proficiency in any wholesome line of 
work, to surpass the standards of merit that have been attained by 
others, and to improve continually on our own past achievements, 
is the spirit of the honorable life. It is not for ourselves alone that 
we strive to attain a high standard, but because we should do our 
share toward the general progress of the world. To see it thus 
gives new energy to our endeavors and makes success more sure. 
A man's interest cannot be entirely separated from that of his fellows. 
The highest success cannot be attained without something of altru- 
ism in our motives, for that lifts our thoughts to a higher capacity 
than selfishness can possibly do. In order to do your best for your- 
self you are forced to be an altruist. 

THE MORAL FOUNDATION 

Every ambitious worker keenly desires to find what is commonly 
called "the secret of success." Many writers have endeavored to 
assist in finding it, and much good has been accomplished by their 
efforts. Each man, according to his experiences and purposes, 
sees the question from a different viewpoint. But, however varied 
may be the views and the manner of expressing them, all men are 
practically agreed on the indispensable value of moral qualities. 
The very strength of the mind lies in pureness of heart. Judgment 
is a perception of the true relation of things, energy is born of pur- 
pose, accuracy is the love of perfection, and sincerity — the corner 
stone of every worthy structure — is quarried only from the depths 
of the truly honest heart. 

Any so-called "secret of success" which ignores the moral founda- 
tion is either superficial or unsafe. Cleverness, without morality, 
deceives most the persons who practice it. To have the letter 



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without the spirit makes machines of men; and to have any spirit 
less than the best is to miss something in the measure of success. 
Crafty policies are not wisdom, but are ignorant substitutes for sound 
morals. Nothing can ever take the place of those great fundamen- 
tals — honesty, sincerity, and a pure mind. The real secret of success 
must ever be, "Think right, do right." 

THE GREATEST BUSINESS MAXIM 

The business life affords perhaps the best opportunity to test 
the practical value of the Golden Rule. It is significant that busi- 
ness men are coming more and more to see and advocate this rule — 
not merely as a result of moral teachings received outside of business 
circles, but as a conclusion which business experience itself has forced 
upon them. In business affairs the practice of the Golden Rule 
stands for all that is honorable, and progressive, and just. The 
business houses which attain a measure of prestige and wholesome 
reputation are those in which this spirit obtains, in some degree at 
least. And perhaps no wrong trait in the personality of a business 
will more quickly receive the censure and discredit of other business 
men than does the absence of fairness — which is but another way of 
saying the absence of the spirit of the Golden Rule. 

HEADED FOR THE TOP 

Resourcefulness is the star accomplishment. It is the master- 
key that fits all the locks of business requirements. 

I recently heard a good story about an office boy — "may his tribe 
increase". He took the "message to Garcia", and he got it there on 
time. 

The boy was given a letter to be delivered to a man at his home 
that evening, and was told it was very important that the man should 
have the letter before eight o'clock. When he got there, "Garcia" 
had gone out, his family did not know where. The boy asked where 



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he might possibly be and they couldn't even guess. Then he asked 
for the names of two or three of the man's most intimate friends. 
When these were given he made haste to the nearest telephone and 
explained the situation to one or two of the friends and got them to 
guess where he was. Then he telephoned to one of the guesses and 
found that ''Garcia" had just been there but had gone out with the 
man of the house, and his family didn't know where. But they 
made a good guess, which proved true. The boy got "Garcia" on 
the telephone at a club house two miles away and explained that 
it was now five minutes to eight, and asked permission to tear open 
the letter and read it to him. This the man agreed to, and received 
the information just in time to enable him to be present at an 
important meeting. 

PLEASE 

If you would like to do something to lessen the friction of business 
intercourse, cultivate the general use of the word "Please." Use it 
when you give an order, when you ask a favor, or when you make a 
request. Use it when you speak on the telephone. Use it especially 
when you are speaking to those who are working under your author- 
ity. To say "Please" is one of the first lessons of childhood — and 
one of the necessary lessons of the well rounded business life. 

What a magic word is "Please," and to what shall it be com- 
pared ? It is like the oil on the wheel, for it softens the friction of 
every transaction. It is like the dot on the "i" — for though a very 
small thing, it is instantly missed when it is gone. It is like the 
name on the cover of the book, for it is an index of what is within. 

MOTIVES 

The man who is most to be wanted for positions of trust is the 
one who does not work for mere selfish gain, but for the love of the 
task. If he does his work for love of it, and not out of consideration 
alone for the results, he will serve his own interests best, for he will 



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do his work well and thereby make himself indispensable to his 
employer; and when the time comes to choose a man for a higher 
position the choice will likely fall upon him who has done his work 
well. 

I have sometimes found it difficult to find the right man for the 
Government service. There are plenty of men to fill every job, but 
few who want the job for its own sake. This applies equally in 
business. There are too many who seek work for the salary alone. 
As a result, sometimes if they are well paid, they will commit acts 
for which they would not otherwise be responsible. 

The new order that is coming to the fore in the business world 
does not seek this kind of man. It is looking for the man who will 
work for the satisfaction of work well done — for the joy of achieve- 
ment. For him there are large opportunities. — Taft. 

CIVIL SERVICE DICTATION 

Our present system of transportation by -rail is not keeping pace 
with our rapid increase of production and consumption. Most of 
the transportation is over rail, and we have utilized our rivers only 
in a meager way. This is essentially true of our interior waterways. 
Water traffic, to a large extent, is localized around the Great Lakes, 
and splendid as are the results, still the benefits have failed to reach 
the great interior sources of production. Even this limited area 
of water transportation, however, demonstrates advantages and 
shows that waterways should be established and assured as a perma- 
nent part of the traffic system. Over the region of the central west 
lies a great freight-producing area. Under the all-rail system of 
carrying freight the western producer fails to reach the markets with 
a profit, and the consuming world is denied access to these interior 
fields- of production. For several years the roads have failed to 
move the crops in season, and before long they will be able to move 
only a portion of the farm products to market. Leaders in railroad 



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transportation recently estimated that the next ten yea. 
require seventy-five thousand miles more of trackage co^_. 
to meet the requirements of the normal growth of the country. 1 . 
is quite unlikely that the necessary increase of railroad mileage and 
equipment will be made. Wisdom and experience point to a com- 
prehensive program of interior waterway improvement. Encour- 
agement of production is not rational if we neglect the natural 
facilities for distribution. — From The Congressional Record. 

From the time when man produced more than he consumed and 
desired other than what he produced, carriers became important. 
Settlements were made in the New World on the seashore and on 
the banks of rivers where transportation by water was possible, 
but each man at first was his own carrier, and he exchanged his for 
his neighbor's products. With thrift and enterprise a surplus 
greater than the needs of immediate neighborhood exchanges was 
created, and the common carrier became a necessity. At first the 
Government, recognizing the need, entered into the business of carry- 
ing products for the benefit of the people; highways were built, 
boat lines established, and canals dug. These were operated either 
without charge to the people or by imposing a charge upon the user 
of the means of transportation. In the early forties the railroad 
was born, and regions remote from navigable waters were opened 
up to settlement. Some wild dreamer of the Revolutionary times 
may have had a vision of the twentieth century commerce, but 
such vision was never expressed, and certainly it never entered into 
the mind of the statesmen of early days what wonderful things were 
to come to pass. Then wants were simple and desire was modest. 
The luxuries of yesterday have become necessities of today. 
Inventive genius has revolutionized past ideals and ancient methods; 
ignorance, superstition, and religious fanaticism and bigotry, which 
once blocked the way of progress and blinded the eyes of genius, 
have been ruthlessly crushed to death. — Charles E. Townsend, 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 89 



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CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 
DICTIONARY 



91 



Those words which have outlines in the preceding lessons 
have not been repeated in the dictionary. 




92 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 



alteration 
altitude 
-, altruist 

aluminum 

amalgamation 

amateurish 

ambassador 
ambiguous 
ambition 



appellant 

appendicitis 

appliance 



amendment 

amid 

among ^y-^ 



amongst 

ample 

amputate 

amusement 
anatomy- 
ancient 

ancestor 

angel 

anguish 

animal 

anniversary 

annex 

annihilate 

annoy 

annual 

antagonist 
antecedent 
anthracite 

anticipate 

antique 

antiseptic 

anxious 

apparent 

apart 

apologize 
apparatus 
apparel 



appeal 
appearance 






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dlst 



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applicant ~ 

application C^~~*~ C^"* (-^ 
apply 



apportion 
appreciate-tion g 
apprehend 



approach 

appropriate 

approximate 

appurtenances 

arbitrary 

architect 

arm 

around 

aroused 

arrears 
arrests 
arrive 

arson 
article 
artificial 






t? 



f 



2? 






artistic 

asbestos 

ascertain 

ascribe 

ashamed 

aside 

aspire 
assault 
assemble-y 

assented 
assessed 
assimilated 

associate 

association 

assort 

assumed 
astonish 
asylum 






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CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 



93 



atmosphere 
atonement 
attach 



attainder 
attainment ^r, 
attest c \_ 

attestation 
attitude ^_^ 

attraction /* 

attractive 

auspicious <2_~- y 

auspices / 

auditor 
author 
authority 



_/ o\ 



beside 
best 
^y between 

beveled 

bicycle 

°~ < ^ bigamy 



biography / 

CL-y bituminous / 
°^ birth * (j 



blank 
block 
bold 



bookkeeper 
o^ booklet 

^ bond 



/ / C 



behold 
belong 
benefit 



available 

aver 

average 

averse 
awful 

B 
back 
bachelor 
bag 

banquet 
baptize 
bargain 

barge 
barter 
basket 



beginner 
behave £?-^-' 



J ? 



bottom 
bound 
bountiful 

box 

branch 

brethren 



h 



/ / / brilliant ", 

( in / h broaden / ^^- 

^ pS ^ brother L^ 



brotherhood / 
brutality / 
build ^S>" 

bulletin / p-^> 

bundles i/*^ 



bushel 
busy 

C 
cabinet 
cable 
calculate 



r 



beneficial 

beneficiary 

benevolent 



<* ^\ ~£ 



94 CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 



canal 
cancel 
candidato 

candid 
candor 
canvass 



capias 

capital ^^p 

capitalization^"^ 




catch 

caucuses r* 

cause 

caution 

celebration ^~f 



Y 



cistern 
citizen 
city 

civilized 

classification 

clamor 



sf ^ 



p clause 
tf^ <^r-^ clean 
clear 



censure 

cent ^ 

center 



climate 
=*C close 

' plnthfi 



central 
century j 
certain V^ 



°<U- 



clumsy 

code 

coarse 



certificate 
certify 
cessation "^J 

chairman 
chamber , 

champion r-fi 



cold 
i cord 
"^7 f colleague 



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college 

co-habit 

colonel 




CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 



95 



colluded 
color 

column 



confiscate 

conform 

congratulate 



X ^ 



combustible 

comfort 

comfortable 

command 
commend 
commensurate 



r 



"2 



v^e ^-e 



'j" 



comments 
commerce 
commercial ^r 



congregation 

congress 

congenial 

conjecture 

connect 

connivance 



k^-t k^I 



^-O^i ^7>* 



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conscientious 

consecutive 

consequent-ce-ly 



V7 



commisson 
committee ^o 
commodities 



considerate 

consideration 

consignee 



commonwealth 

community 

companion 



compare 

comparison 

compel 

compensated 
competency 
competition 

completed 
completion 
compliance 



V 



compress 

compromise 

compute 



"& 



conspire 
., constable 
j^~ constant ' 



* 



^> 



^= r^ 



compliment 
complaint 
comprehend 0^~^ 



Z* 



constituent 

constitute 

constructive 

consult 
consume 



LsZ Cf contemplate 



contempt 
v^ contentment 
C^ contingent 



continual 

contract 

^ contrary 

contraction 
>, contribute 
A contradiction 




conceive 
conclude 
concur 

concrete 
condense 
condition 

confidential 

confirm 

confirmation 



controvert 
^convenient-ience •— -"/ 
conversation / 



y x y, 



conviction 

• co-operate 

co-owner 

co-partner 
corporation 
corroborate 



7 7 



2 ~e 



96 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 




daughter 

deadly 

debate 

debenture 

decedent 

deceit 



denunciate 
departure 
/' deplore 

deposit 
; ■ — ^2- depravity 
depreciate 




CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 



97 



deprive 
deputy- 
derange 




dimension 

diminish r/~? tj~7 

dinner 



diphtheria 

direct n 

direction -^ 



director 
disability- 
disadvantage 



disagree 

disappearance j 

disappoint <- / ° 




98 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 




dullness — * 
duly 



enterprise 

entertainment 

entire 



^ 




"— p 



w 



Y 
Y 



eliminate 
eloquence 
embarrassment 

embezzler 
emergency 
emigrant 



eminent 

emphatic a~ jr\_ 
encounter 



S 



esquire 

essential < 5^P 

'-> . establish 



SL 



estate 
estimate 
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Euro])ean 
^%_~— - <* even 
event 



^t> 



X 



CHURCHILL SIMPIJS SHORTHAND 



99 



evidence 
evolution 
evolve 



exact 

exaggerate <-^, 
examine 

examination 
exasperation ^L^ 
example ' 



excavate 

exceedingly 

exception 



excess 
excitement y> 



exclude 

exclusion ^ 

excursion 

excuse 

execute 2__^ 



executrix 
exemplary 
exert 

exhaust 
exhibit 
existence 

exorbitant 
exonerate 
expect 



expectation 
expedient ./ 

expenditure ^ 

experienced ^ 
expert / 

expiration 

expire e 

explicit Q 

explosive 

export f> 

exposition f 
express 



extemporaneous^* I 



*?■ 



J^ 






exterior 

exterminate 2-*f 2-*~^ 

extinct 



extinction 
extinguish %-fT 
extra 

extraordinary ~Q 

eyesight ^ 



r ^U 



XTf 



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F 
facility 
fact 
facsimile 

factory 
faculty 
failure 

faithfully 

falsely 

falsehood 

fanatic 

far 

farmer 



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f 


farther 

fault 

feasibility 


r^ 


c 


feasible 
fee 

feet 


£ 


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fee-simple 

female 

felt 


/ 


& 


festival 

fibre 

fictitious 


^- 


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fiddle 

fidelity 

fiduciary 


/ 


4 


final 
finance 



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100 CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 



finally 
finish 
fire 

fixture 

flag. 

flat 

flexible 
flourish 
flowery- 
fluctuation 
fluent 
forbear 

force 

foreclosure 

forehead 






garage 

garden cV' 
garnishee 



gasoline 

generation 

generous 

genial 
gentle 
gentleman 

genuine 

geography 

gigantic 

gloomy 

glory 

God 



r to hu 



formal 

formidable J~&^'^ 

formula 



gossip 

J^^O grace 

grain 



? 



cS ^ 



formulate 
fortunate 
foul 

foundation 

foundry 

fountain 

fragile 
frame 
frank 

fraudulent 

free 

frequent 

friend 

fugitive 

function 

fundamental 

furniture 

futurity 



J-, 



I 



2-y^> J^ granulated Cs& 6^"^ ^ 
grant 

J J Sasp° r cJL Of ePj 

gratify I ^ 



greetings 
J^T^ grit 

grocery 



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gross 

ground 

growth 



O* 



O^ O^ 



A 



futile 



G 

gain 

gallant 

galvanized 



j^y 



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CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 101 



handicap 
handsome Vq^? 
hang ( 

haphazard >, 
happen fc 

happiest 

harness 

harvest o/ 

haste 

hazard 

headquarters ^— 
healthful 



V. 



r 



3 



heaven 
heavy 
heir 



; 



help ^ 

hemorrhage 'cf( 
henceforth 

hero 

hesitancy VO 

hide 



^ 



hieroglyphic & 

high e^y & 

higher 



hinder 

hindrance C^_ 
historic 

holders 

holiday Q — ^ 

homeopathy 

honest 

hopeful tfj' 
horizon 

horizontal 
horrid c?^ 

horrors \ 

hosiery <^o 

hospital 

horticulture 

household . ^ 
human 2^ 

humane 



> 



humility 

humor 

hurry 



r husband 
hustle 
hydraulic 



hygiene 
hysterics 

1 
ice 
ideal 
identical 



/ 



^0 



o — ° e — *- 




imagination 



o^ immediate 
'e/^ immortal a~b 

immoderate 



CL -o cr^ 






immodest 

impatience gr-v 

impeach 

imperative 
import ^~7> 

impose aj 

impossible 
improve -""T^ 

imprudent ^ 

inactive /^-) 

> inaccurate y 

incalculable 






inch 

incidental 

incline 



7 



102 CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 



include 

inclusive 

incompetent 

incompatible 

incomplete 

inconceivable 



inconsiderate 
inconsequence f^-cJs~, 
inconvenience 

incorporate 

incorrect ^ — t<_ 

incorruptible 



"X 



infinite 

influences 

influenced 



increase 

incredible 

incumbent 



incumbrance 
incurred f~^Y 

indebted £tf 



indeed 

indefinitely 

indemnity 



identical 

indicate <S> — £ 

indictment 



indifferent 
indignant 
indispensabl 



Jr 




individual 
indorse-ment V 
inducement / 

indulgent 
industry 

inefficiency 



inevitable 

inexcusable 

inexhaustible 






inexpensive 
inexpedient 
inexperience 






fi 



inexperienced y 
infant <rf 

inference *>— 



f 



a. % 



insignificant 
insolvency /%, 



inspire 

inspiration sT 
installation ^ 

instance 

instantaneous /? 
instead 

institution 

instruct 

instruction 

instructive 
instrument 
insubordinate 



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1 



CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 103 



insubordination 
insufficient /•£ 
insulators 



insurance 
integrity 
intelligent 

Intelligible 

intemperance 

intend 



/-* 







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island 
/0,r* isolation 



item 
itself 



jail 
*s jealous 



^ >s 



r? 



intercept 

interchangeable ( 
intercommunication 



interfere 
interior 
intermediate 

interrogate 
intercession 
interview 

intestate 

into 

intolerable 

intoxicated 

intricacies 

intrinsic 

intuitive 
invariable ~^> 
invest 

investigate 
invitation 
involuntary 



involve 
inward 
irrational 




irregular ^> 

irreparably <f^ *J 




irrespective 
irresponsible <**? 
irrevocable 



7 2 



legacy 
legal 



S*- 



^c< 



WT legibility 
legislative 



lend 

lenient 

liability 




104 CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 



liberal 
liberty 
licentious 



martial 
^s^*! marvelous 
master 



^ 



"V 



lies ^^ 

likewise s^* 
limousine 



mathematics 

mature 

maturity 




malignant 

manage 

mandamus 

mandate 
manifest r ~&\ 
manslaughter 

margin 

mark ^ ~p 

market / 



"7n 



misrepresent 
mistake ""^f^ 



misunderstood 
mix- 
moderation 



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CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 105 



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-~7 



modern 
raodiflcatioa - 
modify 

moment 
momentous *■ 
monopoly 

mortality 

motion 

mountain 

movement 
municipal 
munificent 

murder 
murmur 
mutual 

myself 
mystery ^~P 

N 
namely 

narration ^> 
nation 

national 

navigable sl^ 
navy 

nearest ^-^ 

negative / 
negligent 

negotiable 
neighborhood s2f 
neither 

neostyle 

nerves ^-r_/2> 

neutral 



nominal ^/^ 

non-acceptance ^"° _£-f 
none 

non-essential 

nonpartisan —^"7 -^ 

non-performance 

non-resident 

nor 

notarial 






<7 T 7 



f> 



s&) 



£ 



J 



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notary ^^ 

notation -^o 



noted 
notice 
novel 



nuisance 
nutrition 

O 

oath 

obedient 

objection 



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^-p 



^ 



r 



C 



obligation >^ s? 

/oblige (^ £/ 



obsolete 
obstacle 
obstinate 

obstruct 

obtain 

obvious 

occasion 

occupy 

occur 

occurrence 

o'clock 

offer 

officer 

officiate 

only 

onward 

open 

operation 

opposite 

opposition 

oppression 

option 
oratory 
ordinance 



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Q_? 



? 



<T 



g p g 



^organism 
origin _ 

original £>-£— s 



106 CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 



ornamentation 

orthodox 

ostensibly 

overwhelm 
owner 



o?->< 



p 

pacific 
painful 
pamphlet 

Panama 

panel 

parcel 

parents 

participate 

partisan 

patent 

patronage 

patronize 

pattern 

pause 

payment 

payroll 
peculiar 
pecuniary 

pencil 

pendency 

pending 

penetrate 

penitentiary 

pension 



/ 



C 



perishable 

perjury 

permanen 



permission 
perpendicular 



A 



persevere 
persistent 
personal 

persuade 

persuasion 

pertain 






percentage /"/""/" 
perception r / ( 

perhaps / / r 









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I k 



phase , 

phenomenal v 
phonographer 

phonographic i 
phonography /^_^ 
phraseology 

physical l /> 

plead / (/ C^J 

pledge" v "" / 



plumber 



y 



X ^ ^ ^c 

political 



popular 
position 
positive 



f t fj 



postage s 

postal / 



postal-card ~7 



posterity 
post -o fhce 
postpone 



pound /■ 

poverty ^ 

practicable 



c ( 



preach 
precede 
precipitate 



f 



f 4 



perpetuate /- ^- - 

perplexed y^ A^^ ^-^ 



precise ^ /l—a^/ 

predict Y <-^^£ — T^ 

predominate 

pre-eminent 

prefer 

prejudice 



prefer C^~ *^- <^ 



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CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 107 



preliminary 

premise 

premium 

preparatory 

prepare 

preponderance 

prescribe 

present 

presentation 






president .. 

^presume Ce 

presumptuous 




profitable 

program 

prohibit 

prominent 
promissory 
proper-ly 



proportion 
proportionate y 
propose ~^ 



proposition 
proprietor 
pro rata 

proscribe 

proscription 

prosecution 






£, *■*> 

*-*&-. 



prospective 

prosper 

prosperity 

protect 
protest 
provide 

providential 

proximo 

prudent 



£ f i 



6 



publication 

punctual 

punish-ed-rnent/ 



purport 
pursue 



/ 






Q 

qualification , 

quantity ^/ ^Z. 
quarrel 

quart 

quarter *- — '^~ ^ '"' 

quotation 

R 

rally ^ JP 

random ^"^ ^~ ' 

ranks 



^h 



rapid 

rare - 7 

rather 

reach 

reaction --f 

real estate / 

reality . 

realization ^O^ 
realize 

reason 

reasonably ^"^ 
recall 

recite 

recollection -""&- 
recommend 

reconstruct 
record j^cs 

recourse 



J> 



J^t 



X 



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108 CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 



recover 

reduction 

re-establish 




return 

revelation J 3 — ^f yj 



remembrance 
remove ^ 

render 

renewal 
re-organize ^ 
repeat 

repetition 
replenish 
reprehensible 



*& -c 



*f ^ 



representation 
representative -^f -V" 
reproduce ' ' j 



reverend 

reverse 

revise 

revolution 

revolve 

revolver 

rubber 
rush 

S 
salary 
sale 
same 



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t 



republican-ism 

repugnant 

reputation 



I 



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sample 

sanction <^~p 
sane ( 

sanguine 

sarcastic ds~£y 

satisfaction 



J^ ^ 



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CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 109 



Savior 

say 

says 

scarce 
sceptic 
schedule 



scientific 
scripture 
scrupulous 

seal 
search 



1 






sharp 
sheet 
sheriff 

shingle 
. shop 
shorten 

shrink 
silence 
silver 



^ 



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simple-icity 
simultaneous c 
since 



f 



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seclusion 
seciusive 
secretary 



sincere 
singular-ly-ity ^T" 



^U 



section 
security 



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site 
situate-d 



seen 

seldom, 

selection 



^- 



situation 

six 

sixth 



~V 



sen ,^ 

self-denial J^S _• 
self-esteem 

self-explanatory 
self-interest /^5~ 
selfish-ly ^^^ 

self-sacrificed 



sensible Jr 

sentence 



servant 

serve 

session 

sever 

severally 

share 



J 



size 

sketch 

slander 



/ 



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sentiment 

serious <^ ^r c7 ^- 

sermon 




spontaneous 

squander 

square 

stage 
•stamp-ed 
station 



c -zy^ *-f 



110 CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 



stenographer superscribe 

stenographic c -^c^ *-f c^:. superstition 
stenography Cf ^ supplement 



^L* £+ ^ 



stick 

stockholder 

stone 

storage 

store 

storehouse 



supply / / / 

support C^ cr 6 



f 



story 

straighten <_(P 

strange 

stranger 

strict (L ~/ 

stride / 



J^ 



suppression 
c f) supreme 
3 surface 

surgeon 

c,9/ surgical 

/ surmise 



Cf £*-^ V 



/ 2 



^~pi 



surrender 
surround <^\. 
survey 



«^V 




subordinate-ly 
subordination O 
subscribe 



subscription 
substantiate 
subway 



successive 



sue 
suflicient-ey-ly 

suggestion 

suggestive 
summary 

summon 



sympathy 
S syndicate 



^r? J> 



> / 



systematic 



T 
tardy 
technical 
telegram 

telegraph 

temperance 

temporary 



tempt 

tenable f 1 

tenant 

tender 

terminal 
terminate 



a 



7 



superficial 

superfluous 

supernatural 



'^7 



^ 



test 

testator 

testify 



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CHURCHILL SIMPLIS SHORTHAND 1 1 1 



text 

thankful ~ J i~ r 

thanksgiving 

timidity >^ 

title ' y 

tolerable 



y 



unavoidable 
\ uncertain 

Cc unchanged 



unconditional 
unconstitutional > 
uncontrolled 



sSQ-> 



7 



tongue 

tonight — • 
trace 



trade 

tragedy 

traitor 



^y 



transaction 
transcribe ~^Q^f 
transcription 

transfer 
transform — -y 



translation 

transpire 

transport 



-^ 



• — v undersigned 
understate 



undervalue 
underwriter 
undeveloped 

undignified 
undiminished ^- 
undiscovered 

undiscriminating 
unessential -i_ 
unexceptional 



■>f 



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unexpected 
-^V" unfamiliar 



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transportation 
traveler _^/f 

treachery c 7 ^ 



treasure 

treatment 

tremendous 



unfortunate 

unfriendly o^) ^ 

uniform 



Jjo Jftx, A 




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tuition 
turmoil 
typewriter 

U 
ugly 

unacquainted "£yS** <~r*-Q 
unadulterated 



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unless 

unnecessary 

unobjectionable 

unorganized 
unpaid i^fls 

unreasonable 



unruffled 
unsecured 
unselfish 



V. 



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until ^sT 

untruth t/ 







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